Canterbury Building survey, Canterbury House survey, Property defect survey, Building disputes survey,
"To find out some interesting facts about Canterbury and places to visit in Canterbury and the surrounding areas you can click on the four boxes below. "
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If you book a survey with 1st Associated you will find that we take great pride in the quality of our survey and produce a very detailed survey report. We use plain English to explain any problems with the property to ensure that you understand the problems and how to resolve them.
We carry out residential structural survey and commercial survey in Canterbury. Canterbury is a town which is situated in Kent.
The historic city of Canterbury with its stunning Cathedral, the oldest in England , and ancient walls that surround the city is a delight to visit. Whether taking a trip down the river Great Stour from the West Gate or walking along the city walls and admiring the avenue of lime trees you can certainly step back in time to admire the Roman buildings and the many winding lanes. The best way to visit is to park in one of the City's park and ride car parks either at Wincheap, New Dover Rd or Sturry Rd then you can shop in the Whitefriars shopping centre where you will find many of the leading retailers. If you are looking for a different shopping experience then The King's Mile has an atmosphere of its own and St Dunstan's, West Gate Towers and Northgate have more individual retailers and specialist shops. The city is reknown for its spectacular Cathedral which is the oldest in the country with its ancient 11th century Crypt, 14th century Perpendicular Nave and its many impressive medieval stained glass windows which depict stories and miracles linked with St Thomas for it is at this Cathedral in 1770 Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered. The Cathedral is truly magnificent together with the ruins of St Augustine's Abbey and St Martin's Church and the Cathedral Gatehouse is very striking and as Surveyors when visiting the city to conduct structural building surveys we often marvel and the large number of historic buildings in the area including the late 14 th century timber framed Old Wealdon House in Ivy Lane, John Smith's Almshouses circa 1657 with their delightful Dutch gables, the early 17 th century leaning building at 28 Palace St which is the shop for Kings School, with delightful carvings and at 1-3 St Peter's Street the charming weavers house by the River which dates back to 1500.
There is a wealth of different styles, types and ages of properties in Canterbury ; when in the area we note that there are some larger detached dwellings in roads such as Stour Street , Best Lane and St Lawrence Road . In the surrounding villages you will also find some substantial residences in areas such as East Street in Ash, Charlcoal Lane in Bladbean and Stone Street in Petham.
If you are planning to book a building survey on a property you are purchasing in Canterbury or the surrounding area then we would like to assure you that we always send a suitably qualified and experienced surveyor to carry out the job. This ensures that you get expert advice on any issues that we may find with the property we are surveying. All our surveyors are members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - RICS - and are Independent Building Surveyors. Being 'independent' means that they are working for you and you alone; they do not work for a mortgage company or an estate agents, so they have your best interests at heart.
All our survey contain lots of images, clearly showing any problems that we have identified at the property such as woodworm, rising damp or cracking to the walls. We also use sketches in our survey which are aimed at helping you to understand how certain areas are constructed or to help show more clearly a problem that we have identified. You will also find lots of definitions of any building terminology that we may use in our survey, as we firmly believe in 'Plain English' and really want you to fully understand what we are saying in the survey report.
le of the UK including all areas of Kent for example in: Acol, Ashford, Badlesmere, Benenden, Boughton , Boxley, Brasted, Bridge, Broadstairs, Canterbury, Chatham, Chelsfield, Chiddin1st Associated Surveyors cover the whogstone, Chilham, Cranbrook, Dartford, Davington, Deal, Detling, Doddington, Dover, Dunkirk, Dymchurch, Eastling, Edenbridge, Egerton, Elham, Elmsted Court, Eynsford, Folkestone, Golden Green, Goodnestone, Goudhurst, Graveney, Gravesend, Great Chart, Great Mongeham, Greatstone, Greenstreet, Halstead, Hamstreet, Harrietsham, Hastingleigh, Hawkinge, Hayes, Herne Bay, Hernhill, Horsmonden, Kings Hill, Kingsdown, Kingston, Knockholt, Lamberhurst , Langton Green, Leaveland, Leeds, Lenham, Lower Halstow, Luddenham, Lyminge, Lynsted, Maidstone, county town of Kent, Manston, Marden, Margate, Meopham, Minster, Molash, Newnham, Norton, Oare, Old Bexley, Ospringe, Otford, Otterden, Painters Forstal, Pembury, Penshurst, Pluckley, Ramsgate, Rochester, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Rusthall, Sandgate, Selling, Sevenoaks, Shottenden, Sissinghurst, Slade Green, Speldhurst, St Nicholas at Wade, Stalisfield, Staple , Staplehurst , Stelling Minnis, Sundridge, Sutton, Tenterden, Teynham, Throwley, Tonbridge, Toys Hill, Uplees, Warren Street, Wateringbury, West Farleigh, West Malling, Whitstable, Wichling, Wilmington, Wilmington, Wrotham Heath and Wye.
We always recommend that people have a building survey carried out by an Independent Surveyor. It is laughable to expect that a mortgage owned / estate agent owned surveyors will give impartial advice. Call an Independent Surveyor on 0800 298 5424 for an impartial survey.
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We carry out Structural survey, Structural Building survey on Residential properties and Commercial properties throughout Kent.
Whilst a lot of this is written from general knowledge and local knowledge of the area and here are some websites that we think will be of interest to you in the Kent area some of which we have used for information and we would like to give them credit for this.
Lakeside Development, Thurrock Essex section
What did we survey in Hythe? And What did we survey in Dungeness?
HoppingDowninKent.org.uk, Camelotintel.com/heritage/counties/England
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Buildings Page for more information – they have a free downloadable Listed Buildings a guide for owners leaflet, WhiteCliffCountry.org, EnglishHeritage.org, TheHeritageTrail.co.uk, WCCTA.org.uk, VisitThanet.co.uk, CinquePorts.org, OpenSandwich.co.uk, EnglishHeritage.co.uk, SeeWhitstable.com, Oysta.fsnet.co.uk, WhitstableOysterFestival.com, Canterbury.co.uk, CanterburyCathedral.org, CanterburyTales.org, Bluewater.co.uk, Lakeside.co.uk, TourMaidstone.com, Museum.Maidstone.com, ThisIsAshford.co.uk and LyddAirport.co.uk