Home Buyers Survey Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness has a variety of properties such as semi-detached and terraced houses which were built in the Victorian period as well as more modern dwellings including larger detached houses.

You can find some houses built in the Victorian period along Abby Road and Furness Park Road.

Within the local area you can also find new developments in Meadowlands Ave which are sold under the Help to Buy scheme.

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There are some areas of Barrow-in-Furness where from time to time surface flooding occurs after periods of heavy rainfall. Areas which might be affected include St Luke’s Street, Crelline Street and Sutherland Street. These areas have a greater than 3.3% chance of flooding each year from heavy rainfall. Properties in Salthouse Road and Longway have between 1% and 3.3% of river flooding occurring each year. Click to find out more about Flood Risk Reports.	Some properties in areas near to Barrow-In-Furness are located nearby to existing or proposed sites for wind farms or wind turbines. A recent environmental search carried out for a property in Elliscales Avenue, Dalton-in-Furness, revealed that the property was built within 4km of such schemes. The location of wind farms or turbines can be contentious due to visual and auditory impact.	Some properties in areas near to Barrow-in-Furness may be built in areas where there are natural cavities nearby, which can affect ground stability. A recent Environmental Search carried out for a property in Elliscales Avenue, Dalton-in-Furness, suggested that there were natural cavities located within 250m of the property. This can mean that there is a moderate potential for natural ground instability within 50m of the property. Click to find out more about subsidence

Cumbria is a county in north-west England and came into existence after 1974. Apart from the city of Carlisle, the only city in the county and its county town, the only other major urban area is Barrow-in-Furness.

Cumbria consists of six districts; Allerdale, Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden and South Lakeland. It is comparatively sparsely populated. It contains the Lake District National Park, an outstanding area of natural beauty and much of the terrain is mountainous. It includes the tallest peak in England - Scafell Pike.

Historic sites include Carlisle Castle, Furness Abbey and Hadrian's Wall. Adjacent counties include Lancashire, North Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland and there are two Scottish council areas - Dumfries & Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north.

The University of Cumbria is based in Carlisle and the city is the transport hub of the county: its rail station offers direct services to London and other major conurbations. The M6 is the only motorway in the county and terminates just over the border, in Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway County), at Gretna junction.

Gretna Green is famous for 'runaway marriages' - English couples who are over 16 but under 18 are still known to go there to get married when they can't get parental consent (they can do so under Scottish law).

The sport of pole vaulting was invented in Cumbria in 1879 - it developed as a technique to cross waterways - and Botchergate in Carlisle is where the first mainland pillar (post) box was sited in mainland Britain, in 1853.

We have local RICS Listed Building Surveyors who specialise in listed building surveys in Barrow-in-Furness. To find out more go to - Listed Building Surveys - Building Surveyor and Survey Cost in Barrow-in-Furness