Chartered Surveyors in Bromley

Bromley is London's largest borough, and its housing ranges from Victorian villas to interwar suburbs and large detached houses, so the right survey depends on what you are buying.

• Victorian and Edwardian houses in Beckenham, Penge, Shortlands and Bromley town: we usually recommend a RICS Level 3 Building Survey. Typical findings include worn roof coverings and chimney stacks, damp in solid walls, and older alterations such as removed chimney breasts, loft conversions and rear extensions.
• 1930s semis and detached houses in Petts Wood, Orpington, West Wickham and Hayes: often suited to a RICS Level 2 Homebuyer Survey, unless the house has been extended or altered.
• Large and older detached houses in Chislehurst and Bickley, many in conservation areas: a Level 3 survey, with close attention to roofs, trees and drainage.
• Flats and conversions around Bromley town centre and Beckenham: as well as condition, we flag the lease length and, for taller blocks, the external wall (EWS1) position lenders will ask about.

Ground conditions matter here too. The north of the borough, around Beckenham and Penge, sits largely on London Clay, which shrinks and swells with the seasons, so we look closely for movement near mature trees. Towards Orpington and Biggin Hill the ground changes to chalk.

We also carry out RICS Red Book valuations across the borough for probate and inheritance tax, divorce settlements, capital gains tax, shared ownership staircasing and Right to Buy, lease extensions and commercial property.

We cover the whole London Borough of Bromley, including BR1, BR2, BR3, BR4, BR5, BR6, BR7, SE20 and parts of SE9 and TN16.