South London — Penge, SE20
Chartered surveyors in Penge, SE20.
RICS home surveys, valuations and leasehold reform across Penge, Anerley and Crystal Palace Park — from surveyors based across South London who know the area's Victorian terraces, conversion flats and period villas first-hand.
Why it matters
Need a chartered surveyor in Penge?
Yes. Penge and Anerley are a regular patch for us — we have completed more than 50 surveys, valuations and leasehold matters across SE20 in recent years, and with surveyors based across South London we can usually get to you quickly. SE20 is largely Victorian and Edwardian: long terraces and grand period villas — a great many divided into conversion flats and maisonettes — around Penge High Street and the edge of Crystal Palace Park, alongside ex-local-authority and purpose-built flats and newer developments near the stations. We value and survey across the whole range, from period houses to converted and new-build flats.
What we do here
Our services in Penge
The reports SE20 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 on SE20's Victorian terraces, conversion flats and period villas.
Valuations
from £500 + VATRed Book Market Valuations for tax, matrimonial, shared ownership and expert witness purposes.
Leasehold reform
from £550 + VATLease extension and collective enfranchisement valuations on the area's many converted houses and purpose-built flats.
Party Wall
priced by scopeParty Wall Act notices, schedules of condition and awards for the extensions and loft conversions common across SE20.
Local knowledge
What we see in Penge property
SE20's housing stock
Penge and Anerley run from long Victorian and Edwardian terraces and grand period villas — a great many divided into conversion flats and maisonettes — around Penge High Street and the edge of Crystal Palace Park, through ex-local-authority and 1960s purpose-built flats, to newer developments near the stations. Each needs a different survey eye.
Conservation, conversions and the Park
SE20 includes the Alexandra Cottages conservation area — model Victorian worker cottages — and sits beside the Grade II listed Crystal Palace Park, with external works controlled in the protected areas. A large share of the stock is leasehold conversion flats, so lease length, ground rent, freeholder consent and service charges matter, and we advise on lease extensions and enfranchisement. We check the position and factor it in.
Clay and period detail
Penge sits on London Clay, where shrink-swell movement near mature street trees and historic subsidence need watching, and many of the converted houses have semi-basements and lower-ground rooms prone to damp. Period roofs, solid walls, bay windows and historic conversions also get particular attention.
Proven locally
Recent work in Penge
A flavour of the SE20 instructions we have completed — anonymised and illustrative, with no client, address or date details, and refreshed periodically.
Nearby
Areas around Penge
Common questions
Penge surveyors — your questions
Yes — Penge, Anerley, the High Street, the Crystal Palace Park edge and the surrounding SE20 streets. In recent years we have completed more than 50 instructions across the postcode; when you instruct us, an RICS surveyor who knows the area inspects the property.
We have surveyors based across South London, with much of the team working locally, so we can usually arrange an inspection in SE20 within a few working days — often sooner. Tell us your postcode and the report you need and we will confirm availability when we quote.
Yes — these are a large part of our SE20 work. We survey and value the area's many Victorian conversion flats and maisonettes, value them for purchase, probate and tax, and advise on lease extensions and collective enfranchisement, including lease length, ground rent and service charges.
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.