Hertfordshire — Ware, SG12
Chartered surveyors serving Ware, SG12.
RICS home surveys and valuations across Ware — from surveyors working across Hertfordshire who know the malting town’s timber-framed High Street, its converted maltings and the riverside first-hand.
Why it matters
Need a chartered surveyor or valuer in Ware?
Yes. Ware is part of the area we cover across Hertfordshire. It is a historic market town in the East Hertfordshire district, on the River Lea just east of Hertford and about 20 miles north of London — once the malting capital of England and the source of the New River that has supplied London since 1613. The stock ranges from a timber-framed and Georgian High Street and many converted former maltings to Victorian, interwar and postwar homes and riverside new-build. Websters is a firm of RICS chartered surveyors and registered valuers, and our surveyors know this market well.
What we do here
Our services in Ware
The reports SG12 clients ask us for most often. Each links through to full details, pricing and a sample report.
Home surveys
from £650 + VATRICS Level 2 and Level 3 surveys across Ware’s period High Street, the converted maltings and the Victorian, interwar and postwar stock throughout SG12.
Valuations
from £500 + VATRed Book Market Valuations for tax, matrimonial, shared ownership and expert witness purposes.
Leasehold reform
from £550 + VATLease extension and enfranchisement valuations on the flats, converted-maltings apartments and riverside new-build — a part of a mixed market.
Party Wall
priced by scopeParty Wall Act notices, schedules of condition and awards for the extensions and loft conversions common across SG12.
Local knowledge
What we see in Ware property
Ware’s housing stock
Ware is a historic market town. Its High Street has buildings dating to the 14th century, timber-framed and Georgian, and a great many former maltings — Ware was the malting capital of England — a good number now converted to housing and apartments. Around the centre are Victorian, interwar and postwar homes, and riverside and modern development such as Crane Mead. The town has more than 200 listed buildings, including the celebrated 18th-century riverside gazebos.
A survey- and valuation-led market
Surveys and valuations lead what we do in Ware. We carry out RICS Level 2 and Level 3 surveys across the period High Street, the converted maltings and the Victorian and postwar stock — older, listed and converted buildings usually calling for a Level 3 — and Red Book valuations for probate and inheritance tax, matrimonial and capital-gains purposes.
The river, the maltings and a listed centre
A few local factors are worth weighing. The River Lea (the Lee Navigation) and the New River run through the centre, so riverside and low-lying town-centre property carries a degree of river and surface-water flood risk, worth confirming through the searches, while higher ground such as Musley Hill is less exposed. Ware has conservation areas and more than 200 listed buildings — including the timber-framed High Street and the riverside gazebos — so alterations carry listed-building and conservation consents, and the many converted former maltings can raise made-ground and conversion considerations. The A10 and A1170 are close.
Nearby
Areas around Ware
Common questions
Ware surveyors — your questions
Yes — Ware, and the streets across SG12, an area we cover. Much of our team works across Hertfordshire; when you instruct us, an RICS surveyor who knows the area inspects the property.
Much of our team works across Hertfordshire, so we can usually arrange a survey or valuation in Ware within a few working days, and often sooner. Tell us the address and the report you need and we will confirm availability when we quote.
On a converted maltings we look at the standard of the conversion and any made ground from its industrial past, alongside the roof, structural movement, damp and services; on a riverside or low-lying property the flood position, to be confirmed through the searches. Where the building is listed or in a conservation area we flag the consents. A Level 3 Building Survey suits an older or converted building.
Home surveys start from £650 + VAT, valuations from £500 + VAT and leasehold reform valuations from £550 + VAT; Party Wall work is priced by scope. We give a fixed quote once we know the property and the report you need.
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Tell us about your property.
Share a few details below and we'll come back with a clear, bespoke quote — and explain the options so you can decide on scope, not guesswork. Prefer to talk? Call 020 8017 1943.