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

To get a quote on a survey in Stevenage, carried out by an Independent Building Surveyor, click on the 'Get a Survey Quote' box above.

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.

We carry out residential structural surveys and commercial surveys in Stevenage. Stevenage is a Hertfordshire town situated between Welwyn Garden City and Letchworth Garden City. Stevenage has avenues of trees, parkland and lakes along with woodland and playing fields.

Stevenage is one of the new towns which were created after World War II following the New Towns Act of 1946. However, Stevenage has been around as a town for many years and is recorded in 1060 as being called Stithenaece and again in the Domesday Book of 1086 it is recorded as being called Stigenace.

Stevenage is situated close to a Roman road which travelled from Baldock to Verulamium (now St Albans) and there is evidence to suggest that some Romans settled here.

A Saxon camp has also been found in some woods and it is here that the first village was built later with a church and manor house.

In 1281 the town was given a Royal Charter allowing a yearly fair and two weekly markets. The annual fair is still held in the High Street to this day.

The population of Stevenage gradually increased over the years and due to the North Road this meant that in the 18 th and early 19 th century a number of stage coaches were travelling through Stevenage on a daily basis requiring the many inns to provide accommodation and a resting place for travellers and horses. This period of growth in the town slowed down after 1857 when the railways were built and there was no need for stage coaches to travel through the town.

After Word War II there was a need for new towns to be built around London and Stevenage was the first of the New Towns. Six neighbourhoods were to be built in the town and the first two 'estates' were Stoney Hall and Monks Wood which were open for occupation in 1951. Bedwell followed in 1952, then Broadwater and Shephall in 1953 and in the 1960s Chells estate followed by Pins Green and Symonds Green.

Stevenage has a pedestrianised centre and it's claim to fame is that it was the first purposely built shopping area to be traffic free.

1st Associated can provide an experienced Chartered Building Surveyor to carry out surveys on any era of property in Stevenage and we provide lots of photos throughout our surveys to help you to see any specific problems and to understand the problems and negotiate discounts if required. We also utilise digital sketches in our building surveys, again to show any issues or elements of the property in more detail and to aid understanding of any issues the property may have, such as timber defects like wet rot, dry rot or woodworm. Call us on 0800 298 5424 to book a survey or to speak to a surveyor about the services we provide.

1st Associated also specialise in providing residential and commercial building surveys on Listed properties, as we have a particular interest in this field.

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 Stevenage 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 Stevenage and the surrounding towns and villages.

As you will see from our example surveys above our surveys are detailed documents, which are written in plain English with lots of explanations of building terms and including sketches and digital photos. We write the survey in a way to enable you to understand the problem and how to resolve it. We always give an 'Action Required' for any issues raised and also give you an idea of the 'Anticipated Costs' involved in sorting out any problems we find.

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Residential Building Survey Quote

Commercial Building Survey Quote or Schedule of Condition Quote

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

When time is at a premium we can help you with a quick sale and speed up the buying process by making your survey available for you and your solicitor to view on-line within a matter of a few days. We will e-mail you with a personal password to download your survey from our website as soon as it is ready, rather than having to wait for the post to arrive. We will also send you a nicely bound copy of your survey in the post.