Chartered Surveyors in Ealing

Ealing's housing ranges from Victorian villas to interwar suburbs and new-build flats, and the right survey depends on what you are buying.

• Victorian and Edwardian houses around Ealing Broadway, Ealing Common, West Ealing and Hanwell, many in conservation areas: we usually recommend a RICS Level 3 Building Survey. Typical findings include worn roof coverings and chimney stacks, damp in solid walls, timber decay in suspended floors, and older alterations such as removed chimney breasts, loft conversions and rear extensions.
• 1930s semis and terraces in Greenford, Perivale, Northolt and parts of Acton: often suited to a RICS Level 2 Homebuyer Survey, unless the house has been extended or altered.
• Flats, conversions and new-build schemes, including the developments near Elizabeth line stations at Ealing Broadway, West Ealing, Acton Main Line and Southall: 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. Much of the borough sits on London Clay, which shrinks and swells with the seasons, so we look closely for signs of movement, especially near mature street trees. Close to the River Brent in Hanwell and Perivale we also check flood risk.

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 Ealing, including W5, W13, W7, W3, UB1, UB2, UB5 and UB6.