Chelsea Area

Chelsea

If you are thinking of moving to the London Borough of Chelsea or the Chelsea area or visiting it then we hope you find our view and review of the Chelsea area interesting.

We are chartered surveyors, so our view of Chelsea may be a bit property biased, but would you expect us to be anything else but property biased! We carry out surveys all over London , including building surveys, structural surveys, engineers reports, of course we are happy to carry them out in Chelsea . We have tried to put other interesting non-property facts about Chelsea and the Chelsea area, many of which we don't think you will find anywhere else on the Internet.

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Chelsea , a bit of fun

If you can read these articles in the sprit they were written; that they were written for people that don't know the area. We would be more than happy to add any comments from the Chelsea area and also comments from Chelsea locals who feel that we've missed out any important facts, or indeed if any of the facts we have put down are not accurate.

Where in London is Chelsea ?

The Chelsea area is in West London , or to be more accurate in the South West Corner of the City Centre of London. This is a very desirable area to live and surrounding and neighbouring areas include Hammersmith Kensington Southwark and in fact Chelsea is now a part of Kensington. Kensington is one of 13 inner London boroughs, made up of 18 electoral wards! Harrods, of course, is located in the area.

We carry out surveys, structural surveys and building surveys on all sorts of buildings all over London and we have carried out lots in the Chelsea area.

Thanks to Google Maps for help with this information.

Ways to travel in the Chelsea area

By road

As with most areas of London you need to pay a congestion charge and the road system is always guaranteed traffic when travelling at rush hour, with the duel carriageway on the A4 providing access into West End London and into Heathrow, which also goes past Chiswick and Hammersmith, and past the M4 flyover.

By rail and tube

It has the following rail links and tube links provided by the District Line and Hammersmith and City line both of which are tremendously slow and conveniently circle around the Borough.

This area is also covered by the excellent Google Street View, where you can literally walk along the road.

Interesting facts we know about the Chelsea area

Interesting fact about Chelsea number one

Chelsea was originally a Saxon Village . In those days we had boats and rumour has it that the area got its name from the fact that many boats used to arrive here (it is rumoured that our surveyors have cups of tea in the area and they know Chelsea is a good place to visit, particularly if you like expensive clothes and shoes, but they also get parking tickets in the area a problem with not having boats now).

Interesting fact about Chelsea number two

Chelsea has interesting buildings and some fascinating architecture and styles available in London . It contains a range of houses, including Georgian and Regency properties and buildings using stucco and terracotta brick.

Interesting fact about Chelsea number three

We have just remembered one other thing about Chelsea and that is it's a thriving area and hence many popular people who have chosen to live here in the past. These have been many writers from the Chelsea area and there is a famous hospital here, which was designed by Christopher Wren (famous Surveyor to the King).

Chelsea History

Chelsea gained its name from Anglo Saxon Times who were original settlers and it is rumoured was known as the village of where 'boats that landed''.

During the 19 th Century there was an expansion of buildings and development in Chelsea . Many 1800's buildings still survive today in the area. They are of a great variety and types of architectural styles existent in these buildings, such as brick and stucco, Regency terraces, Georgian, and large inspired brick and terracotta homes.

Famous people that were born, have lived, or are living in Chelsea

There are many famous residents and ex-residents of the Chelsea area, mainly because Kensington Palace is just up the road. We also heard a rumour that that many famous writers lived here in the 1700's and 1800's .

Famous buildings we have not surveyed!

The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital , and the old hospital designed by Surveyor to an old King.

The Chelsea Town Hall built in 1860.

Unfortunately we haven't been able to come up with any other really famous buildings in the Chelsea area, so anyone who knows any please phone or e-mail us, we are sure we can sort out some sort of prize.

We would add that as with many areas of London it has a mass of Victorian and Georgian houses, which may up the majority of the housing stock in the area, with some newer developments for the after war building took place, replacing bomb damaged houses and some housing with 1960 post-war built houses. We are more than happy to carry out building surveys, structural surveys, engineers reports on these properties to give you a clear idea of any problems that you may be buying when you buy your new house.

Things to do in Chelsea

In Chelsea Shopping is excellent as anywhere in London there are the famous High Streets of Kings Road and Sloane Square , which contain luxury boutique shops. There are a range of cafes and bars in the Chelsea area, especially around Fulham Broadway. There are a lot of pubs in the area, so if you fancy a drink and our Surveyors definitely enjoy that after a hard weeks work in sunny London . An example of a good bar are those that are based along Fulham Road ; many tourists around the area have come to these bars!

Independent Chartered Surveyors

If you truly do want an independent expert opinion from a chartered surveyor, and many of us are also chartered builders, with regard to valuations, mortgages, mortgage companies, surveys, building surveys, structural reports, engineers reports, specific defects report, structural surveys, home buyers reports or any other property matters please contact 0800 298 5424 for a chartered surveyor to give you a call back.

Commercial property independent chartered surveyors advice

If you have a commercial property, whether it is freehold or leasehold then sooner or later you may get involved with dilapidation claims. You may wish to look at our Dilapidations Website at www.DilapsHelp.com and for Disputes go to our Disputes Help site www.DisputesHelp.com .

We hope you found the article of use and if you have any experiences that you feel should be added to this article that would benefit others, or you feel that some of the information that we have put is wrong then please do not hesitate to contact us (we are only human).

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