Building Surveyor in Walthamstow

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

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More building surveying facts about Walthamstow

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

Walthamstow was first recorded around 1074 as ‘The Place of Welcome' (or Wilcumestowe in the language of the time). The Domesday book records the location as Wilcumestou. Shern Hall received a royal visit from King John in 1213, and the building was still standing until 1896. Early on, Walthamstow was a collection of five small villages with the building of Vestry House as the first town hall. Towards the end of the 19 th century it had become the size of a small suburb. Until this time it was mainly rural. The railways and the fast development of the London suburbs during the late 1800's led to the population increasing rapidly, and by 1926 Walthamstow became a municipal borough in Essex. In 1965 the borough was abolished and, being combined with Chingford and Leyton, became the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Walthamstow is bordered to the north by Chingford, the south by Leyton, the east by Woodford/Epping and the west by Tottenham.

On June 13, 1909, the legendary aircraft the Avro 1, designed by Roe, flew for the first time from Walthamstow Marshes. It was the first all-British designed and built aircraft. Roe went on to found the Avro aircraft company, who developed the Lancaster which played such a large part in World War II.

Walthamstow market dates back to 1885, and is open between 08:00 and 17:00 Tuesday to Saturday. Notable as being the longest outdoor street market in Europe , the market runs for nearly a kilometer along Walthamstow High Street and sells a wide range of clothing, household goods and food. There is also a Farmers market on the High Street, nearby the Town square on Sundays.

Perhaps the most famous landmark in the town was Walthamstow Stadium, the home of greyhound racing. It Opened in 1933, but despite huge public protests closed down in 2008.

To the east of Walthamstow's commercial centre is Walthamstow Village a conservation area that is peaceful and attractive. We always enjoy visiting the small selection of specialist shops and eating places in between carrying out building surveys in the area. House prices here tend to command a premium in this area. It was voted best urban village in by ‘Time Out' magazine in 2004.

Famous people who were born in Walthamstow include actor Adam Woodyatt and presenter June Sarpong, whilst former Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli attended Higham Hall School, as did Florence Nightingale's father, William Shore. The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, grew up in Walthamstow and both singer/songwriter Ian Dury and Sir George Edwards (Concord 's designer) have links with the area.

As surveyors we have carried out both residential and commercial surveys in Walthamstow and top of the list of desired locations is Oakhurst Gardens. If you are considering purchasing a property in the area we would advise you to have an independent survey carried out. If you are unfamiliar with the role of an independent surveyor please take a look at our website 1stAssociated.co.uk where you will find a plethora of information including examples of survey we have completed in the area. If you would prefer to have an informal chat then please call us free on 0800 298 5424.

If you are interested in architecture then look no further – Walthamstow EMD cinema a grade two listed building was opened in 1930 and depicts some fine Art Deco within its walls. In 2003 the building was purchased by a church with big plans to transform it into a church with conferencing facilities. However planning permission was refused so the future of a listed building is now uncertain and the building remains empty.

 

Property Surveyors Walthamstow

You may wish to buy a buy to let property in Walthamstow. 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 Waltham Forest for example in:

Chingford, Epping Forest, Leytonstone and Walthamstow.

1st Associated provide building surveys for residential property, commercial surveys, engineers survey reports, property training and more. All carried out by RICS surveyors in Walthamstow 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 Walthamstow 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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Commercial Building Survey Quote or Schedule of Condition Quote .

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

 

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 Waltham Forest area some of which we have used for information and we would like to give them credit for this.

londonline.co.uk; wikipedia.org; walthamforest.gov.uk; aboutbritan.com; wsgreyhound.co.uk; leytonstone.towntalk.co.uk; londoncouncils.gov.uk