Chelsea Building surveys, Chelsea House surveys, Property defect survey, Building disputes survey,
To find out some interesting facts about Chelsea and places to visit in Chelsea and the surrounding areas you can click on the boxes below.
To get a quote on a survey in Chelsea, carried out by an Independent Building Surveyor, click on the red 'quick quote' box above.
We carry out residential structural surveys and commercial surveys in Chelsea. If you are planning to book a building survey on a property you are purchasing in Chelsea 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. 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.
Chelsea began life as a fishing village. Henry VIII had a riverside residence here in Tudor times. Chelsea was later frequented by ‘Bohemian' residents such as Whistler and Oscar Wilde; Chelsea achieved colourful notoriety in Victorian times.
In the heart of the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, it is one of London 's most affluent areas. Close to the River Thames the A3217 (Kings Road) runs through it, famous for Saatchi Gallery and of course shopping, when it came to fame in the 1960s with Mary Quant's shop “Bazaar” selling revolutionary mini skirts. Sloane Square is at the end of Kings Road.
Chelsea Football Club founded in 1905 have their ground at Stamford Bridge on the A304, Fulham Road . Another London football club nearby is Fulham FC who have their ground at Craven Cottage, Stevenage Road .
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, situated on the A308 Fulham Road, is a modern hospital opened in 1993.
The Royal Hospital Chelsea is home to the Chelsea Pensioners. It is a Grade I listed building and was founded by Charles II in 1682 for war veterans to come and rest and recuperate. The Chelsea Pensioners are easily recognisable in their red jackets and black three corner hats.
Many famous people live/have lived in Chelsea and the Chelsea area; such as flamboyant playwright, Oscar Wilde, historian Thomas Carlyle, actor Sir Laurence Olivier, singer Freddie Mercury, front man with Queen.
As Independent Surveyors we are often in the Chelsea area and have carried out many residential building surveys from apartments in Manresa Road and Draycott Place to large houses in Astell Street. Chelsea is still considered to be one of London 's most exclusive residential areas and 1st Associated carry out independent building surveys in Chelsea and the surrounding area.
1stAssociated.co.uk have carried out many surveys in Chelsea including Building Surveys and Specific Defect Reports which as the name suggests focus on a specific problem and offer recommendations. If you require either service or indeed any property advice please contact us on 0800 298 5424 to discuss the benefits of having an independent survey prior to purchasing a property in Chelsea .
You may wish to buy a buy to let property in Chelsea for the many students living in the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. If you need any help or advice or a survey carried out on the property then phone 0800 208 5424. We specialise in properties of multi-occupancy and can advise on buying properties for this purpose and carrying out surveys on them. We also produce surveys on Leasehold properties as well as Freehold prperties.
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.
1st Associated provide building surveys for residential property, commercial surveys, engineers survey reports, property training and more. All carried out by RICS surveyors in Chelsea and the surrounding areas.
Contact us today for a free, no obligation Building survey quote, including building surveys, structural surveys, homebuyers reports and pre sales survey reports, for Chelsea and the surrounding towns and villages.
At 1st Associated our surveyors use a system called the 'Pro Survey Database'. This is a database of property problems built up over many years from knowledge of many decades or surveying. This system gives the Surveyors carrying out independent building surveys a vast selection of reference materials from which to draw and this enables them to give the best informed advice in our surveys for any problems that we have found at the property we are surveying.
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Our surveyors carry out Structural Building Surveys on Residential properties and Commercial properties throughout Chelsea.
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 Chelsea area some of which we have used for information and we would like to give them credit for this.
maps.google.co.uk, kensington-chelsea.com, kensington-chelsea.com/history.htm, .royalparks.org.uk/parks/kensington_gardens; http://www.murphsplace.com/olivier/homes.html http://www.chelsea-pensioners.co.uk; Streetsensation.co.uk/kingsrd/kr_intro.htm; chelseafc.com/page/Home/0,10268,00.html; fulhamfc.com/Splash/splash.aspx; Spendtimeinlondon.com/london-people.html
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