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Building Surveyor Suffolk

We are an independent chartered building surveyors in Suffolk. We provide all types of property advice, with a 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 a building survey and give independent advice in Suffolk on:

Suffolk Building survey, Suffolk House survey, Property defect survey, Building disputes survey, Suffolk Dilapidation survey, Suffolk Building survey, Suffolk Commercial building survey, Suffolk schedule of condition survey

Home Surveyor in Suffolk

If you book a building survey in Suffolk with 1st Associated Surveyors you will find that we take great pride in the quality of our building survey and produce a very detailed building survey report, whether it be for a residential property or a commercial property. We use plain English in our Building Surveys to explain any problems with the property to ensure that you understand the problems and how to resolve them. 1stAssociated.co.uk have Chartered Surveyors who cover the whole of the UK including all towns and villages in Suffolk for example in: Bungay, Bury St. Edmunds the capital of Suffolk, Debenham, Eye, Felixstowe, Hadleigh, Haverhill, Kessingland, Ipswich, Lakenheath, Lavenham, Long Melford, Lowestoft, Mildenhall, Newmarket, Orford, Oulton Broad, Southwold, Stowmarket, Walberswick and Woodbridge.

 

Building Surveyor Suffolk

Discover more about us and why an INDEPENDENT BUILDING SURVEY is so important

We are an independent chartered surveyor in Suffolk. We are independent of any lender or bank or mortgage company. When we are surveying a property we are working for you, not them. This means we are working towards your best interests. We want to ensure that your property investment is sound and that you are receiving value for money.

Residential Building Surveyors Suffolk

We are a building surveyors that operate throughout the UK. As a building surveyors in Suffolk we are often asked to work on not only a building survey but also a boundary walls dispute survey, a schedule of condition survey and a specific defect survey.

Commercial Building Surveyor Suffolk

We are also a commercial building surveyors - still operating Suffolk, we can provide schedule of condition survey, dilapidations reports and a commercial building survey - our Suffolk building surveyors have the skills and experience to save you money on your commercial building purchase.

Information on Suffolk and where to get a building survey

1st Associated .co.uk have Chartered surveyors who are happy to carry out a Building Survey in Suffolk including the market town of Bungay where the legendary Black Shuck killed two people during a service in St Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmunds the capital of Suffolk which is a beautiful old city, the name coming from St Edmund, King of the East Angles, with its a beautiful abbey which is well worth a visit, the pretty village of Debenham which hosts an annual Arts Festival each summer, the market town of Eye with its fantastic mixture of architectural styles, Felixstowe which is a major container port as well as a seaside town, Hadleigh which has an abundance of listed buildings, the market town of Haverhill which has a long history and was recorded in the Domesday Survey in 1086, Ipswich reputably one of the oldest towns in the UK and home to the Tractor Boys, Ipswich Town Football Club, the sandy beaches of Kessingland, Lakenheath housing a large RAF base, Lavenham which is one of the most picturesque villages that we've come across with a number of Tudor and Jacobean timber framed properties, the attractive village of Long Melford with its high street stretching over two and a half miles offering a fantastic selection of shops, cafes and art galleries, Lowestoft a popular holiday resort, Mildenhall housing a large United States Airforce base, Newmarket with its Racecourse which is one of the oldest and most famous flat racing courses in the country, with regular meetings every year, Orford which has charming narrow streets and the magnificent 12 th Century Royal Castle, Oulton Broad which has been well known for over 100 years as the home of the Lowestoft & Oulton Broad Motor Boat Club, Southwold a beautiful coastal town with stunning beaches and harbour, Stowmarket, Walberswick the venue for The British Open Crabbing Championship and finally Woodbridge where the Tidemill was recorded in 1957 as being the last working tidemill, having been first recorded in 1170.

Suffolk is interestingly located with parts of it far enough away from London to be truly rural and other areas certainly have a more hectic pace of life and cosmopolitan feel including Newmarket and Ipswich . Suffolk divides into East Coast areas such as the historic towns of Bury St Edmunds and Lavenham; in fact Suffolk has got many picturesque villages.

Getting around in Suffolk

The main roads in the area are the A12 which runs along the East Coast which is a great road although sometimes it doesn't move that fast some times of the year. One of the main ways to get into Suffolk is via the A12 from the M11, the A14 crossing Suffolk by Newmarket, Stowmarket onto Ipswich which meets the A12. The A12 coastal road is a very nice drive particularly as it goes through Southwold (Adnams country) and follows the line of the coast.

Property Types

Many think of Suffolk buildings as old thatched properties with rendered walls and yellow or pink colouring to the render. Equally they have a lot of timber framed buildings. In fact the rendered properties that we refer to are in fact timber framed with the render going over the top of the timber. You will be able to see what we traditionally think of these timber framed buildings in many areas such as Bury St Edmunds and Lavenham where you can see the black and white Tudor style properties. This architecture was very much developed by the Victorians. The timber prior to that had been lime washed normally in the colour of the render. There is an early predominance of brick in many areas as well particularly over towards the east of Suffolk . With the Victorian era came more brick building and slates on the roofs. It didn't have the impact that it had on many areas. In more recent times brick is definitely the predominant building material.

If you feel that we have missed a type of architecture in your area we would always be pleased to hear from you. Please contact our freephone number 0800 298 5424 if you want any advice on a property that you are about to buy. We provide structural surveys or building surveys. We can also advise you on what you can or can't do to a property if you are looking to alter or extend it. This is particularly important with listed and older properties.

 

We have many years of experience providing Building Surveys sometimes known as Structural Surveys to make sure you are buying the right property and Market Valuations to ensure that you are buying the property at the right price. If you have any particular problems with your property we can carry out a Specific Defects Report. Call us today on 0800 298 5424 for a no obligation quotation when we can give you further information and advice. For those not local to the area here is some general information on Suffolk .

 

References

Whilst most of this is written from local knowledge of the area, here are some websites that we think may be of interest to you in the Suffolk area, some of which we have used for information and we would like to give our appreciation for this. We hope you have enjoyed our précis of Suffolk however we are only human so if there are any amendments or additions or updates we would be pleased to receive your feedback so we can keep our website as up to date as possible.

Explore southwold .co.uk; Suffolktouristguide.com/Walberswick.asp; Britanniasailing school.co.uk; Suffolkcoastal.gov.uk ; Burystedmundst ourism.co.uk; Bury festival.co.uk; Aboutbritain.com; Visit-ipswich.com; Itfc.co.uk; Ipswich transportmuseum.co.uk; Stowmarket-history.co.uk; Mildenhall museum.co.uk; Mildenhall speedway.com; visit woodbridge.co.uk; Woodbridge suffolk.info; Bury St Edmunds.co.uk; Newmarket racecourses.co.uk; Newmarket.org.uk; Mildenhall.co.uk; Visit East of England.com; Militaryairshows.co.uk, Explorewalberswick.co.uk; Suffolktouristguide.com; Wikipedia.co.uk