Top tips for a Windsor Home Buyers Survey
Windsor has many beautiful properties which were built in the Georgian and Victorian periods, particularly terraced housing from the latter era, which ran alongside Queen Victoria’s residence in Windsor Castle from 1840.
There are also many more modern housing developments such as the estate to the immediate west of the town centre, around Athlone Square and Mountbatten Square, where properties were built in the late 1960s.
There are gated communities built in the last 20 or years or so, where you can find terraced housing and semi-detached homes of standard construction, and, further out from the town centre generally, large detached houses in what is predominantly an affluent place to live.
There are also many more modern housing developments such as the estate to the immediate west of the town centre, around Athlone Square and Mountbatten Square, where properties were built in the late 1960s.
There are gated communities built in the last 20 or years or so, where you can find terraced housing and semi-detached homes of standard construction, and, further out from the town centre generally, large detached houses in what is predominantly an affluent place to live.
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A large area of North Windsor is either in a flood warning or flood alert area, affecting some buildings in streets such as Vansittart Road and Errington Drive. 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 buildings in areas to the north and west of Windsor, including Eton and around Windsor Castle, in streets such Tangier Lane, Clarence Crescent and Devereux Road, are in a raised radon area, with properties built there having a higher probability than average of experiencing ground Radon emissions. 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. | High noise levels in Windsor are generally mainly confined to the areas immediately surrounding the M4, A308 Maidenhead Road and A332. |
Berkshire is a county which touches a small part of the borders of West London. It is a home county (because it borders Greater London) and is often called Royal Berkshire because it contains Windsor and Windsor Castle. It hosts a number of iconic UK landmarks such as Ascot (Ascot Racecourse), Wentworth (Golf Course), Sunningdale (Golf Course), Virginia Water and Windsor Great Park and Eton School. Virginia Water was the first postcode area where the average property price exceeded one million.Like many of the home counties, there are many essentially commuter dormitory settlements which house London workers. Reading (which is Berkshire's county town) in particular is a larger one and is popular because of its very fast rail links with Central London - there are many one-stop services to London Paddington and it is also due to be the western terminus of the Crossrail line.
Listed Building Survey Windsor
We have local RICS Listed Building Surveyors who specialise in listed building surveys in Windsor. To find out more go to - Listed Building Surveys - Building Surveyor and Survey Cost in Windsor
Building Survey Windsor Planning
You can review what planning applications have been granted or denied for properties in your area by contacting The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council at Town Hall, St Mary's Walk, Maidenhead SL6 1RF, telephone 01628 683800, or you can check the local authority website.
Read the following article if you are thinking about building an extension .
Local Building Survey Windsor
Our Building Surveyors specialise in the local area and have completed house surveys in Slough, Maidenhead, Eton, Datchet, Wraysbury, Virginia Water and Old Windsor.
We employ only expert RICS Building Surveyors to undertake Home Buyers Surveys in Windsor. 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 Windsor we'll be able to give you the detailed Windsor HomeBuyers report that you will need to know and what defects there are with your property.
Home Buyers Survey Windsor
Recently completed HomeBuyer Reports and Building Surveys near you:
- Alma Road, Eaton Wick, Windsor, SL4 6JZ
- Vale Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 5JZ
- 38 Hatch Lane, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 3RW
- Horseshoe Cloister, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1NJ
- Temple Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1HP
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Ranging from 10 to 40 years 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 Windsor.
Home Buyers Survey - What does it cover?
A 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 Home Buyers Survey, whether a Building Survey (which used to be known as a Full Structural Survey) or a HomeBuyers Report, if you are considering buying a property in Windsor, 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.
Click to find out how much does a house survey cost (free, no obligation quote)
Should any issues be flagged up in the Home Buyers Survey, our surveyor will tell you what you need to do to get more in-depth advice on the extent and seriousness of the issue and what needs to be done to remedy it.
If you are worried about a crack or cracks or indeed any other defects that you think your property in Windsor has, we strongly recommend you get a Home Buyers Survey as the cost of remedying the problem might snowball into many thousands of pounds further down the line.
You can find a local RICS surveyor by using the search at the bottom RHS of this page.
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Does your surveyor check your electrics?
Your RICS surveyor will switch lights in a room on and off to see if the electrical supply is connected while carrying out their inspection for your RICS Home Buyers Survey.
However, they won't carry out any in-depth inspection of the electrical supply or check the wiring for example: this is beyond their scope of work.
Their primary focus is on detecting signs and suspicions of major property defects such as subsidence and rising damp.
Their primary focus is on detecting signs and suspicions of major property defects such as subsidence and rising damp.
That said, invariably they can recommend a trusted local electrical tradesperson if you ask them to.
HomeBuyer Report in Windsor
A HomeBuyers Report is general visual inspection for flats, new properties or bungalows of standard construction.
Most leasehold flats in Windsor should have a HomeBuyers Report, however the only exception are converted properties which may need a Building Survey.
Most leasehold flats in Windsor should have a HomeBuyers Report, however the only exception are converted properties which may need a Building Survey.
Building Survey in Windsor
Most freehold houses in Windsor that are over 50 years old, that have been refurbished/developed or are unusual in style should get a Building Survey.
A Building Survey used to be called the Full Structural Survey and is the most comprehensive visual inspection a surveyor can provide.
Choosing a HomeBuyers Report when you should have a Building survey can be costly if key defects don't get reported in the detail you require.
A Building Survey used to be called the Full Structural Survey and is the most comprehensive visual inspection a surveyor can provide.
Choosing a HomeBuyers Report when you should have a Building survey can be costly if key defects don't get reported in the detail you require.
If you are unsure which survey to choose you can call our surveyors and they'll help you choose - Call 01344 567 887.
Choose which survey based on its type, style and age then get a competitively priced Home Buyers Survey Windsor quote.
