Building Surveyor in Romford

To find out some interesting facts about Romford and places to visit in Romford and the surrounding areas you can click on the boxes below.

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More building surveying facts about Romford

We carry out residential structural surveys and commercial surveys in Romford and the Romford area. If you are planning to book a building survey on a property you are purchasing in Romford 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 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.

 

Interesting Facts About Romford and the Romford Area

Romford or Romfort as it was first recorded in 1177 means “the wide or spacious ford”. Located approximately 13 miles from Central London Romford is a large suburban town and is the administrative head quarters for the London Borough of Havering.

In 1247 Henry III granted Romford the privilege of holding a market in the high street every week. Over the years the market has expanded in size and stature and is still a focal point today, attracting many visitors.

An important factor in the development of the town was the arrival of the railway in 1839. This in turn saw a gradual change in the area from mainly farming to light industry and in more recent time's retail and commerce.

Up until 1993 The Star Brewery was one of the leading industries in the area providing employment for up to 5,000 people. After its closure the former site was re-developed into a magnificent shopping centre. Romford Brewery as it now called opened its doors in 2001 and offers the visitor a wide variety of shops and restaurants, with many major retailers taking up occupancy. It also houses a 16 screen cinema and a plethora of restaurants making it a good all round day out, offering something for everyone.

Romford's footballing claim to fame was in 1949 when it played in the first Amateur Cup final at Wembley. Unfortunately for Romford their opponents Bromley won the match 1-0.

Back in 1963 the legendary Beatles played live at the ABC Cinema in Romford and again later that year at the Odeon Cinema.

For something a little bit different why not pay a visit to Romford's renowned Greyhound Stadium with its lively atmosphere and good restaurants. It was the Winner of the British Greyhound Racing Boards ‘Racecourse of the Year' back in 1998 and 2003.

Romford offers the visitor a first class shopping experience at The Liberty. Situated in the town centre it houses over 100 shops and independent retailers.

The properties in Romford are always sought after due to their close location to central London. We have carried out surveys in this area and noted some superb properties in Heath Drive, Sycamore Grove and Castellan Avenue to name but three.

If you are therefore considering purchasing a property in or around Romford we would strongly urge you to have a building survey carried before proceeding with the purchase. Our surveys are extremely comprehensive. The Executive Summary at the beginning of the report gives an overview of the property highlighting specific issues with an Action Required and Anticipated Cost together with some good pictures both internally and externally. We then move on to the main body of the report in more detail. Our team of surveyors would be pleased to discuss your requirements and can be contacted on 0800 298 5424.

 

Property Surveyors Romford

You may wish to buy a buy to let property in Romford. 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.

Residential & Commercial Building Surveyors

Residential Building Surveyor

Our Residential Building Surveys are tailor made to suit your requirements. When you book your survey we will ask you to grade your building survey knowledge from 1 - 4, with 1 being 'next to no building survey knowledge' and 4 being 'excellent building survey knowledge'. From this we can tailor make your building survey. Depending upon your knowledge level we will add additional photographs to the building survey or will give you more definitions of building terminology, or add extra sketches to help describe particular areas of concern or to show you for example what type of roof your proposed property has or what type of brickwork the property is built in. By doing this we can make sure that you completely understand the property you are buying and that you understand what the issues are.

Commercial Building Surveyor

Our Commercial Building Surveys are also tailored to suit your property requirements. When you book your survey we will ask you to grade your commercial property knowledge from 1 - 4, with 1 being 'next to no commercial property knowledge' and 4 being 'excellent commercial property knowledge'. From this we can tailor make your building survey. So depending on how much knowledge you have of Commercial building surveying and typical problems arising from commercial building surveying our building surveyors can adjust their building survey report accordingly and include more photos and detail descriptions of the issue and your best course of action to fix them.

 

1st Associated Surveyors cover the whole of the UK including all areas of Havering for example in:

Romford, Hornchurch, Upminster, and Rainham.

1st Associated provide building surveys for residential property, commercial surveys, engineers survey reports, property training and more. All carried out by RICS surveyors in Romford 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 Romford 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.

Get a survey quote:

Residential Building Survey Quote

Commercial Building Survey Quote or Schedule of Condition Quote .

Our surveyors carry out Structural Building Surveys on Residential properties and Commercial properties throughout Romford.

 

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 London Borough of Havering area some of which we have used for information and we would like to give them credit for this.

Information-britain.co.uk; Essex-live.co.uk; Visitlondon.com; Findanewhome.com; Mapsoftheworld.com; Youstayuk.com; Romford.org/facts