Home surveys in Northumberland.

Local knowledge

What we see in Northumberland homes.

Northumberland covers everything from the commuter towns of Ponteland and Cramlington to sandstone market towns like Alnwick and Hexham, former colliery towns like Ashington, Blyth and Bedlington, coastal villages from Amble to Bamburgh, and isolated farmhouses in the Cheviots and the Tyne Valley. We are based in Morpeth and cover the whole county, with travel included across the south-east and a flat drive-time charge for the far north and west.

Property types and what to watch for

• Stone farmhouses, steadings and cottages — solid walls, lime mortar, stone slate and Welsh slate roofs, timber decay, private water and drainage, radon in the north and west
• Former colliery housing in Ashington, Blyth, Bedlington and Cramlington — mining reports, subsidence history, non-traditional construction types
• Coastal property from Blyth to Berwick — salt-weathering of masonry and metalwork, wind-driven rain, flood and erosion risk
• Ponteland, Darras Hall and Cramlington family homes — 1960s–1980s construction with flat roofs, wall ties and original services
• Tyne Valley and Hexham — Georgian and Victorian townhouses, Tynedale sandstone, listed buildings needing Level 3 expertise

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