Chartered Building Surveyor in Bishops Stortford

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

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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 Bishops Stortford. Bishops Stortford is a town which is situated in Hertordshire.

Information on Bishops Stortford

Bishops Stortford is a busy and ancient market town located in east Hertfordshire but on the border with Essex . The area around Bishop's Stortford includes beautiful countryside and pretty villages.

Whilst it appeared in the Doomsday Book Bishops Stortford was not one of the fifty recognised market towns and one website interestingly says how the market was often the first stage in the development of a small village and grew having to be registered with the King and in turn resulted in it being taxed and something more akin to one percent of the traders profit as opposed to today. This also explains how there was a rota of markets and in the 1250's was interpreted as being about 7 miles away but by 1690 had shrunk to 3 miles.

During the Roman era Bishops Stortford was a small settlement on the Roman road of Stane Street running from St Albans to Colchester , but the town was deserted when the empire collapsed. However, the Saxons settled on the site which they called Esterteferd, which eventually became Stortford. The 'Bishop' part was tagged on in 1060 when William, Bishop of London, purchased the manor. Later the Normans constructed a wooden castle in the town and the mound still remains; the castle itself was in ruins by the Tudor era.

There are a number of good examples of 16th and 17th century buildings in the town along with a with fine 15th century church. We carry out building surveys on properties of this era, indeed historical properties are of a special interest of one of our surveyors. To see examples of properties from these eras you can go to our downloadable survey page.

Due to the river and the roads the town gradually developed and the town became a market town by the beginning of the 19th century and the town still holds two street markets a week on Saturdays and Thursdays. In 1842 the railroad had arrived and the town developed further.

Whatever the history we enjoy the market atmosphere that the town has and the feel of the town is very much made up by the different ages of properties and the not knowing what is just round the corner. Bridge Street is typical of the many different types of buildings that are present, Water Lane also gives a hint of what was there in the past. Also we are informed once had one of the many leather tanneries and is the origin of the surname Tanner and Skinner.

Through the centre of the town runs the River Stort, in this case the river is actually named after the town, which is unusual as towns are usually named after rivers.

Today Bishop's Stortford is considered to be a commuter town and the town centre has undergone many changes with a new town centre area and the building of new homes. More building is planned due to the close proximity of Stansted Airport .

We have surveyed a few places in Bishops Stortford over the years including The Red Cow Public House on Dunmow Rd.

 

Building Survey Bishops Stortford

If you are planning to book a building survey on a property you are purchasing in Bishops Stortford 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 Hertfordshire for example in:

Abbots Langley, the birth place of the only English Pope Nicholas Breakspear/Pope Adrian IV and a town we have often carried out surveys in, Baldock, Berkhamsted, Bishops Stortford, with its well known school, Borehamwood, home to Elstree Studios, Broxbourne, with its Paradise Wildlife Park, Cheshunt, a commuter town being only 14 miles from Charing Cross and easy to get to when carrying residential and commercial surveys, Harpenden, with the Common; an area of natural beauty, Hatfield, with elegant Hatfield House, Hemel Hempstead, with its magic roundabout great fun to negotiate on the way to doing a building survey, Hitchin, Hertford, county town of Hertfordshire, Knebworth, with the Gothic Mansion Knebworth House and its gardens and park, Letchworth Garden City, an attractive Garden City with the first roundabout in the UK where we have carried out many property reports, Potters Bar, at junction 24 of the M25, Radlett, in the valley of Tykes Water, Rickmansworth, with the large Aquadrome Local Nature Reserve, St Albans, famous for its Cathedral and a delightful city to visit as a chartered surveyor with its many historical buildings, Stevenage, just off the A1 at junction 7 and 8 Watford, and its large shopping centre, Tring, home of the famous Rothschild's Natural History Museum, Watford, Welwyn Garden City between Hatfield and Stevenage and picturesque Wheathampstead.

 

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 Bishops Stortford 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 Bishops Stortford and the surrounding towns and villages.

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We carry out Structural survey, Structural Building survey on Residential properties and Commercial properties throughout Hertfordshire.

 

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

BishopsStortfordHistory, EnjoyHertfordshire.com, StAlbansCathedral.com, StAlbansMuseums.org, AllAboutStAlbans.com, TringFestivalCompany.co.uk, BishopsStortford.org, Hertfordshire.com, lgc.amolad.net, Letchworth.com, FirstGardenCity.co.uk, LetchworthGC.com, Wheathampstead.org, Hemelweb.demon.co.uk, HemelToday.co.uk, HatfieldHouse.co.uk, AboutBritain.com, InformationBritain.co.uk and TheGalleria.co.uk