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We carry out residential structural surveys and commercial surveys in Letchworth. Letchworth is a town located in Hertfordshire and is first mentioned in the Domesday Book when the land was bought by Quakers to farm. However, as the soil is very chalky in this area it was not so good for growing crops.

Letchworth became the world's first Garden City in 1903 after Ebenezer Howard's book 'Tomorrow, A Peaceful Path to Real Reform' was published outlining his ideas for a new way of living. The book was republished later as 'Garden Cities of Tomorrow'.

Letchworth Garden City encouraged more Garden City projects at Welwyn Garden City and worldwide at Canberra and Hellerau in Germany , Russia , Japan and other countries also adopted the idea. Howard's vision was to combine the advantages of cities and the countryside while eliminating their disadvantages. The idea being to keep industry separate from the residential areas and with trees and open spaces everywhere.

In the early days of the new town day trippers would come to look at the 'social experiment' and the early settlers in the new town were often laughed at and mocked for their idealistic outlook on life.

Letchworth Garden City even had a ban on selling alcohole in public buildings; although one pub, the Skittles Inn opened in 1907 and was known as the 'pub with no beer'. However, there were pubs that had been in operation before the formation of the Garden City and these continued to trade; the Three Horsehoes in Norton, the Fox and the Three Horsehoes in William and The George IV near Baldock which all still trade today. New drinking houses were opened on the borders of the town too. In 1958 the ban was lifted and other pubs have now opened, but not many for a town of this size.

Since the creation of Letchworth Garden City a number of new housing estates have been built and the town has expanded. Two Council estates were built: The Grange (built in 1947) and Jackmans estate (built in 1961) and then two private housing estates Lordship Farm and Manor Park were built in 1971. Like in other towns, in-fill housing has also taken place.

All our surveyors are properly equipped with the latest tools, for example, laser levels, electronic damp meters and digital cameras.

By booking a survey in Letchworth with 1st Associated.co.uk you will get a personal service; our surveyors are always available to talk about the survey and answer any of your questions and will offer useful advice on your potential purchase in Letchworth or the surrounding area, this can help with a quick sale of the property as we can discuss our findings promptly with you either at the property itself or on the telephone afterwards, whichever is best for you.

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

Abbots Langley Berkhamsted Bishop's Stortford Borehamwood Broxbourne Bushey Cheshunt Croxley Green Harpenden Hatfield Hertford Hitchin Hoddesdon Letchworth Potters Bar Rickmansworth Royston South Oxhey Stevenage St Albans Tring Ware Watford Welwyn Garden City

Below are some examples of surveys we have carried out in the Hertfordshire area: Commercial Survey - Property Report and Schedule of Condition on a 18th century pub and restaurant in Welwyn Garden City Residential Building Survey of an early 1900s Period Terraced Property in Letchworth Residential Building Survey of a 1960s/1970s Detached Property in Hemel Hempstead Residential Building Survey of a Modern 1990s Detached Property in Abbots Langley Residential Building Survey of a Modern Detatched 1980s Property in Tring Residential Building Survey on an Extended End of Terrace Property built in the 1960s in Welwyn Garden City Residential Building Survey of a Converted Leasehold flat, with a share of the Freehold, in a c.1900s terraced property in Hitchin Residential Building Survey of a 1960s detached property in St Albans Commercial Survey - Property Report and Schedule of Condition on a 17th / 18th Century Public House in Buntingford More examples of surveys from different eras are available to download from our downloadable surveys page.

1st Associated provide house surveys, commercial surveys, engineers reports, property training plus more all carried out by RICS surveyors in Letchworth and the surrounding areas.

Contact us today for a free, no obligation quotation, including building surveys, structural surveys, homebuyers reports and pre sales reports, for Letchworth and the surrounding towns and villages.

As Independent Chartered surveyors we carry out all types of residential building surveys and commercial surveys in the Letchworth area. Never expect that a mortgage owned surveyor company will give you impartial advice. Call an Independent Chartered Surveyor on 0800 298 5424 to book a survey. As independent chartered surveyors we work for you and always put the client first. We are independent and do not work for a mortgage company or estate agent.

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