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Our Building Surveyors use their local knowledge of Cheshire to deliver a detailed report.
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We normally have availability within days of you booking and our turnaround for homebuyers survey reports is within 5 working days.
Years of Experience
All of our chartered RICS Surveyors are registered with and regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and have indemnity insurance that covers all of the work they undertake in a Home Buyers Survey in Cheshire.
Top tips for a Cheshire Home Buyers Survey
Cheshire's distinctive local red sandstone has been used for many monumental and ecclesiastical buildings throughout the county: for example, the medieval Beeston Castle, Chester Cathedral and numerous parish churches.
Many surviving buildings from the 15th to 17th centuries are timbered, particularly in the southern part of the county. Notable examples include the moated manor house Little Moreton Hall, dating from around 1450, and many commercial and residential buildings in Chester, Nantwich and surrounding villages.
Early brick buildings include Peover Hall near Macclesfield (1585), Tattenhall Hall (pre-1622), and the Pied Bull Hotel in Chester (17th-century). From the 18th century, orange, red or brown brick became the predominant building material used in Cheshire, although earlier buildings are often faced or dressed with stone. Examples from the Victorian period onwards often employ distinctive brick detailing, such as brick patterning and ornate chimney stacks and gables. Notable examples include Arley Hall near Northwich, Willington Hall[33] near Chester (both by Nantwich architect George Latham) and Overleigh Lodge, Chester.
You can find many more modern – and standard – types of buildings in the larger towns such as Warrington, Runcorn and Crewe, with many semi-detached, detached and terraced properties built in the 1930s and onwards with a number of council estates.
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Properties in Cheshire which are built in close proximity to the coast and to the Rivers Churnet, Tean, Sow and Penk, in streets such as Churnet View Road and St Michaels Road, are in an area where flood warnings and flood alerts are issued from time to time. If you are concerned that a property you are looking to buy is in a flood risk area, you should consider getting a flood risk report (click for more details). | According to the UK Government's Public Health England, some parts of Cheshire, particularly to its west, including streets such as Shotton Road, Old Aston Hill and Holywell Road (around the village of Ewloe), are in a raised radon area, with properties built there having a higher probability than average of experiencing ground Radon emissions. The raised Radon area has a maximum radon potential of greater than 30% (the percentage is the chance of a property being built where Radon emissions might measure above the action level). If you are concerned that a property you are buying is in an area of raised Radon, please click to visit Public Health England's UK Radon Map. Click also to find out more about Radon, Radon property searches and much more. | Some parts of Cheshire, particularly around the area of Sandbach, may have properties affected by the High Speed 2 (HS2) route. This was revealed in a Local Authority Search for a property in CW11 4JP. Click to find out more about what is contained within Local Authority Searches. |
Listed Building Survey Cheshire
We have local RICS Listed Building Surveyors who specialise in listed building surveys in Cheshire. To find out more go to - Listed Building Surveys - Building Surveyor and Survey Cost in Cheshire
We have completed HomeBuyer Reports and Building Surveys near you:
- Dig Lane, Wybunbury, Nantwich, Cheshire East CW5 7EY
- Brooke Avenue, Northwich, Cheshire CW8 4ZS
- Mayfield Grove, Northwich, Cheshire CW8 2LT
- Brooke Avenue, CW8 4ZS
- Stamford Avenue CW2 7QD
Building Survey Cheshire Planning
You can review what planning applications have been granted or denied for properties in your area by contacting Cheshire West and Chester County Council at The Forum Office, Chester, CH1 2HS, telephone 0300 123 8 123 , or you can check the local authority website.
Read the following article if you are thinking about building an extension.
Local Building Survey Cheshire
Our Building Surveyors specialise in the local area and have completed house surveys in Crewe, Nantwich, Warrington, Macclesfield, Chester, Congleton and Knutsford.
We work with specialist RICS Building Surveyors to undertake Home Buyers Surveys in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire we'll be able to give you the detailed Cheshire HomeBuyers report that you will need to know and what defects there are with your property.
Home Buyers Survey - What does it cover?
A Home Buyers Survey is completed by a qualified RICS surveyor and delivers a visual inspection of the property in Cheshire and the surrounding garden. The aim of the survey, whether a Building Survey (which used to be known as a Full Structural Survey) or a HomeBuyers Report, is to identify potential risks or defects that you may not know are there such as cracks or damage to the structure of the property, subsidence, damp and infestations.
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Level 2 HomeBuyer Report with a Valuation
A HomeBuyer Report, also known as a Home Buyers Survey, is generally suitable for:
- Bungalows
- Flats
- Standard construction houses
The majority of Cheshire's leasehold flats require only a RICS HomeBuyer Report but for any Victorian conversions, a Building Survey may well be required.
Level 3 RICS Building Survey
A Building Survey is the most comprehensive visual inspection a RICS surveyor can provide on a property in Cheshire. It is suitable for:
- complex buildings, for example those that have been extensively extended and altered
- unique or older historic properties
- properties in poor condition; or
- those where the client is planning to carry out extensive repair and refurbishment work.
Speak to one of our team on 0333 344 3234 to find out if your property suits a RICS Building Survey, or read our article Which Home Buyers Survey suits your property .
