Dorset Surveyors
Wessex Surveyors provide a full range of property advice in Dorset, including:
- Building surveys and defect analysis
- Property valuations
- Planning advice including applications, appeals, certificates of lawful development, permitted development, enforcement, change of use, etc
- Building design
- Farm and rural advice – compulsory purchase and utility negotiations, lettings, licences, sales
- Property management
Dorset also presents the opportunity to purchase a beautiful home. Locations such as Shaftesbury and Milton Abbas offer a picture postcard English country home, whereas new developments, such as Poundbury in Dorchester, breathe new life into housing stock in the county. The dream of a rural idyll in Dorset has never been closer, and Wessex Surveyors are with you every step of the way to ensure peace of mind when purchasing property.
Dorset combines picturesque coastline with miles of rolling countryside. The county is governed locally by Dorset County Council, from its administrative headquarters in the county town of Dorchester. Dorset enjoys the dramatic coastline of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site because of its geological significance.
The famous landmarks of Old Harry Rocks, Durdle Door and Chesil Beach are all found in Dorset, as is Portland, the source of stone used to build many of London’s landmarks. The South West Coast Path, a favourite route for walkers, follows the coastline from Dorset’s western border with Devon, around Portland and finishes at Poole Harbour.
Dorset provides many interesting property investments. Office and retail space is increasing in range and ability. Those wishing to escape the big cities and settle down to a life closer to the sea can do so in Dorset, while still maintaining good transport routes and services such as superfast fibre broadband. The region was home to the Olympic Games sailing events during London 2012, and huge investments were made to improve business infrastructure.
Wessex Surveyors are with you every step of the way, providing impartial, honest, quality advice on building surveys, property valuations, planning and property management.
Dorset Case Studies
Could dogs be the future of Japanese knotweed detection?
The RFA who specialises in security, explosive detection and search dog training has successfully trained two dogs that can detect Japanese knotweed. These dogs have been provided to a UK…
Finlock Gutters
Finlock gutters were commonly used during the 1960s and are very much of their time and in most cases are now past their time as well. The gutter system was…
Japanese Knotweed
Whilst doing a survey of a property in Yeovil our surveyor noted that there was an established growth of injurious weeds, in particular Japanese knotweed. Japanese knotweed has become a…
Windows & Fire Safety
On a recent Building Survey at a barn conversion near Chard, the surveyor was concerned that the windows at first floor level did not provide adequate egress/escape in case of…