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Our Building Surveyors use their local knowledge of Lancaster Gate 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.
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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 Lancaster Gate.
Top tips for a Lancaster Gate Home Buyers Survey
Lancaster Gate's housing mainly dates back to the mid-19th century. It consists of two long terraces of houses overlooking the park, with a wide gap between them opening onto a square containing a church. Further terraces back onto the pair overlooking the park and loop around the square. Until 1865 the terraces were known as Upper Hyde Park Gardens, with the name Lancaster Gate limited to the square surrounding the church.
The terraces are stuccoed and are in an eclectic classical style featuring English Baroque details and French touches. Lancaster Gate stands alongside Hyde Park Gardens as one of the two grandest of the 19th-century housing schemes lining the northern side of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens.
The terraces overlooking the park were designed by Sancton Wood and those around the square by John Johnson. The exteriors are largely complete, with just a couple of 20th-century infills, but many of the interiors have been reconstructed behind the facades.
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When thinking of buying a larger, older or non-standard construction property in Lancaster Gate, it's always worth getting a building survey Lancaster Gate, because the information in your in it can prove invaluable not only in the immediate term – if many defects are found you might negotiate down the asking price or even pull out – but also when you move in because the report can bring to your attention matters of essential maintenance: 'a stitch in time saves nine'. For example a recent such survey for a property in Camden Road NW1 9HJ referred to the pressing need to investigate a plumbing leak below the property's side path, a blocked run-off gully to the patio, blocked and sagging gutters and rising dampness. All these details are also particularly useful for your conveyancing solicitors. | In the course of a RICS surveyor carrying out either a building survey or a homebuyer report on a property in Lancaster Gate, they might have suspicions that a property has an infestation. If so, they will advise that a qualified pest control company comes to the property to sort out the problem. A local pest control company near the Lancaster Gate area is Pest Protect, 107, Communications House, 26 York St, Marylebone, London W1U 6PZ. | Your RICS surveyor inspects drains during a survey of a property in Lancaster Gate, where the drain cover is accessible and on the site of the property. If the drains are reported to be blocked you may need to employ a drainage company to inspect the drains with CCTV such as 1st Call Drain Clearance, Level 1 Devonshire House One, Mayfair Pl, London W1J 8AJ. |
Listed Building Survey Lancaster Gate
We have local RICS Listed Building Surveyors who specialise in listed building surveys in Lancaster Gate. To find out more go to - Listed Building Surveys - Building Surveyor and Survey Cost in Lancaster Gate
We have completed HomeBuyer Reports and Building Surveys near you:
- Bryanston Court W1H 7HD
- Newman Street W1T 1PB
- St. Andrews Chambers W1T 3PJ
- Highwood House W1W 6YH
- Netley Street, NW1 3EJ
Building Survey Lancaster Gate Planning
You can review what planning applications have been granted or denied for properties in your area by contacting Westminster City Council at 64 Victoria St, London SW1E 6QP, telephone 020 7641 6000, or you can check the local authority website.
Read the following article if you are thinking about building an extension.
Local Building Survey Lancaster Gate
Our Building Surveyors specialise in the local area and have completed house surveys in Bayswater, Notting Hill Gate, South Kensington, Holland Park, Queensway, Paddington and Marylebone.
We work with specialist RICS Building Surveyors to undertake Home Buyers Surveys in Lancaster Gate. 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 Lancaster Gate we'll be able to give you the detailed Lancaster Gate 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 Lancaster Gate 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 Lancaster Gate'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 Lancaster Gate. 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 0207 112 5388 to find out if your property suits a RICS Building Survey, or read our article Which Home Buyers Survey suits your property .
