0800 298 5424
Building Surveyor Rochester
We are an independent chartered building surveyors in Rochester. We provide all types of surveying and property advice, with building survey tailored to your individual property needs. Our building survey reports are far superior to the kind your would receive from your mortgage company. Ours include, pictures, projected repair costs and general advice on the property.
We carry out building survey and give independent advice in Rochester on:
Rochester Building survey, Rochester House survey, Property defect survey, Building disputes survey,
Chartered Building Surveyor in Rochester
To find out some interesting facts about Rochester and places to visit in Rochester and the surrounding areas you can click on the boxes above.
To get a quote on a survey in Rochester, carried out by an Independent Building Surveyor, click on the 'Get a Survey Quote' box above.
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 Rochester. Rochester is a town which is situated in Kent.
Information on Rochester
Rochester is located near the towns of Strood to the north, Gillingham to the east, Chatham to the south and Cuxton to the west, it is near the M2 and just off the A230 and A228.
Rochester Cathedral dates back as far as 604 with its Saxon origins with the Nave being built later in 1083. The Cathedral is the second oldest cathedral in England and has some stunning stained glass windows. King's School which is an independent Cathedral School set in this remarkable setting close to the Cathedral and Castle with pupils from Pre-Prep and Nursery to Preparatory and then Senior.
Rochester is also well known for its Castle which was built due to its closeness to London and with the River Medway and Watling Street it was a strategically exceptionally significant. The castle is an excellent example of Norman architecture with a fascinating history and has a large central keep which can be seen from miles around dominating the landscape.
The town is strongly linked to Charles Dickens who lived close by at Gads Hill Place in Higham to the north of the city as he drew on the locality for many of his novels. It is believed that the Elizabethan mansion Restoration House in Crow Lane was the inspiration for Miss Haversham's Satis House in his novel Great Expectations.
The 17th century Guildhall in the High Street was built in 1687 and is a magnificent building with an amazing weather vane of an 18 th century warship high on its roof. The Guildhall houses a museum which originally was housed in Eastgate House also in the High Street and has many artifacts on display and includes a Dickens Galley and Prison Hulks Experience.
e are frequently in Rochester and the surrounding towns and villages whilst conducting structural building surveys and note some large detached properties in roads such as Borstal Road and Boley Hill.
Building Survey Rochester
If you are planning to book a building survey on a property you are purchasing in Rochester 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 Chartered 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.
Independent Chartered Building Surveyor
1st Associated Chartered Surveyors cover the whole of the UK including all areas of Kent for example in: Acol, Ashford, Badlesmere, Benenden, Boughton , Boxley, Brasted, Bridge, Broadstairs, Canterbury, Chatham, Chelsfield, Chiddingstone, Chilham, Cranbrook, Dartford, Davington, Deal, Detling, Doddington, Dover, Dunkirk, Dymchurch, Eastling, Edenbridge, Egerton, Elham, Elmsted Court, Eynsford, Folkestone, Gillingham, Golden Green, Goodnestone, Goudhurst, Graveney, Gravesend, Great Chart, Great Mongeham, Greatstone, Greenstreet, Halstead, Hamstreet, Harrietsham, Hastingleigh, Hawkinge, Hayes, Herne Bay, Hernhill, Horsmonden, Hythe, 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, Sheerness, 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 Chartered Surveyor. It is laughable to expect that a mortgage owned / estate agent owned surveyors will give impartial advice. Call an Independent Chartered Surveyor on 0800 298 5424 for an impartial survey.
1st Associated provide house survey, commercial survey, engineers reports, property training plus more all carried out by RICS surveyors in Rochester and the surrounding areas.
Contact us today for a free, no obligation quotation, including building survey, structural survey, homebuyers reports and pre sales reports, for Rochester and the surrounding towns and villages.
Get a survey quote:
Residential Building Survey Quote
Commercial Building Survey Quote or Schedule of Condition Quote
We carry out Structural survey, Structural Building survey on Residential properties and Commercial properties throughout Kent.
References:
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 Rochester? 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
