Top tips for a Camden Home Buyers Survey
Camden boasts many properties from the Georgian and Victorian periods, particularly Victorian terraced houses and period conversions. Ivor Street is made up of relatively compact homes from these periods.
Additionally there are very modern flats, warehouse flats (for example those in Gilbey House by Regent's Canal) and council house estates.
New developments include Hawley Wharf (170 homes, 82 classed as 'affordable'), Euston Reach (in Carlow Street off Camden High Street) which is made up of studio, 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom flats and XY apartments, which is the regeneration of the Maiden Lane Estate.
Camden Courtyards consists of shared ownership flats and The Ossulston Estate is a pioneering modernist council estate.
Additionally there are very modern flats, warehouse flats (for example those in Gilbey House by Regent's Canal) and council house estates.
New developments include Hawley Wharf (170 homes, 82 classed as 'affordable'), Euston Reach (in Carlow Street off Camden High Street) which is made up of studio, 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom flats and XY apartments, which is the regeneration of the Maiden Lane Estate.
Camden Courtyards consists of shared ownership flats and The Ossulston Estate is a pioneering modernist council estate.
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Noise pollution from road traffic in Camden is at its highest in the vicinity of the Camden High Street going south from Camden Town Underground Station. |
Camden Building Surveyors do not test gas or electrics during their inspection, however they will flag if they feel these require further investigation due to a visual inspection and turning on and off appliances and lights. AN example of what a surveyor might include regarding electrics is in a HomeBuyers Report on 160-164 Royal College Street, Camden, London NW1 0TA, our surveyor stated "The electrical main enters the property from the road and the meter is in an external box at the front of the house. Wiring has been run in PVC sheathed cables. There are miniature circuit breakers fitted to the consumer unit which is located in the hall. There are smoke alarms fitted but they were not tested." |
The Building Surveyor will aim to identify where the water supply enters into the property and, where visible, inform you where the stop cock is. |
Greater London is an area which contains London, the capital of the United Kingdom (which itself centres on the Cities of London and Westminster) and a number of surrounding boroughs which are administered as London boroughs and which are the overall executive responsibility of the Mayor of London. It contains a large number of constituencies, each represented by an MP and it should be noted that these are not the same as nor even always continguous with the borders of the boroughs.Many parts of Greater London were originally administered by the counties which surround London and these counties are often called the home counties. Enfield, for example, used to be classed as being part of Middlesex, but is now near the northern border of Greater London. Greater London's borders often coincide with a zone of 'green belt': areas where it has been decided that open spaces, parks, forests and wildlife reserves should act as a buffer against urban sprawl. London has numerous landmarks, anything from Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament to Karl Marx's grave in Highgate Cemetery.
Greater London contains more than 9 million inhabitants, a number growing daily, and as this is approximately 1/7 of the population of the UK, it can be seen that Greater Londoners have a large influence on the rest of the country politically and this is enhanced by the concentration of skilled workers gravitating towards the capital.
Listed Building Survey Camden
We have local RICS Listed Building Surveyors who specialise in listed building surveys in Camden. To find out more go to - Listed Building Surveys - Building Surveyor and Survey Cost in Camden
Building Survey Camden Planning
You can review what planning applications have been granted or denied for properties in your area by contacting London Borough of Camden Council at Contact Camden Reception 5 Pancras Square London N1C 4AG, telephone 0207 974 4444, or you can check the local authority website.
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Local Building Survey Camden
Our Building Surveyors specialise in the local area and have completed house surveys in Kings Cross, Tufnell Park, Regent's Park, Barnsbury, Primrose Hill, Lyne and Chalk Farm.
We employ only expert RICS Building Surveyors to undertake Home Buyers Surveys in Camden. Whether you are buying an old run down 'doer upper' or standard construction freehold house, our RICS surveyors have seen them all.
With a vast number of years of experience completing building surveys on properties in Camden we'll be able to give you the detailed Camden HomeBuyers report that you will need to know and what defects there are with your property.
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Mornington Terrace, Camden, London, NW1 7RR
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Jackson Road, Islington, London, N7 6EE
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Home Buyers Survey - What does it cover?
A RICS Home Buyers Survey is a visual inspection of the grounds and the internal/external structure of the property and identifies defects such as cracks or damage to the structure of the property, subsidence, damp and infestations.
Some of these defects you may not even see or know what to look for which makes getting a homebuyers survey, whether a Building Survey (which used to be known as a Full Structural Survey) or a HomeBuyers Report, if you are thinking of buying a property in Camden incredibly important.
NB If you're a first time buyer, you might wish to click on What is a House Survey to find out more, including what happens during the inspection.
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If the Home Buyers Survey flags up any of these defects then our Surveyor explains what you need to do to get further advice on how to investigate them and get It resolved.
If you are concerned about your property in Camden having any other defects then you MUST get a Home Buyers Survey as the costs for repairing the defects can run into thousands of pounds.
If you can identify the defect before you purchase then you can get quotes for fixing it and either share the costs with the seller, or, in worst case examples, choose not to proceed.
You can find a local RICS surveyor by using the search at the bottom RHS of this page.
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When should you book your survey?
A survey from booking to getting your report should normally take around 2 to 3 weeks depending on the time of year (busy periods are July, August and December).
The best advice is to instruct your surveyor at the same time as you instruct your solicitor.
The reason being is that your solicitor tells you of any legal reason to not buy the property and the surveyor will look to tell you if their is any visual reason to stop buying or to renegotiate the selling price.
The reason being is that your solicitor tells you of any legal reason to not buy the property and the surveyor will look to tell you if their is any visual reason to stop buying or to renegotiate the selling price.
Does your property look like this?
If you have a crack similar to this in the property then you should be looking to instruct a Structural Engineer, instead of a RICS surveyor.
The reason being is that your property could have subsidence and although a RICS surveyor can confirm if they have a suspicion, they cannot confirm definitively if there is subsidence.
If the crack in the wall is more than 3mm (a 50p could fit in it), it is advisable to get a structural engineer in straight away over a RICS surveyor.
The reason being is that your property could have subsidence and although a RICS surveyor can confirm if they have a suspicion, they cannot confirm definitively if there is subsidence.
If the crack in the wall is more than 3mm (a 50p could fit in it), it is advisable to get a structural engineer in straight away over a RICS surveyor.
Does your property look different to this? Then read our guide on which survey suits your property type.
Choose which survey based on its type, style and age then get a competitively priced Home Buyers Survey Camden quote.
