House surveys in Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear is the urban heart of the North East, taking in Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland, North and South Tyneside. Its signature house type is the Tyneside flat, a pair of single-storey flats built to look like a terraced house, which is found across Newcastle, Gateshead, the Shields and Wallsend. Sunderland has its own single-storey terraced Sunderland cottages. Around these are Victorian and Edwardian terraces and villas, large inter-war council estates, post-war high-rise and system-built housing, the new town of Washington and modern apartments along the rivers. Common survey issues include shallow coal workings, damp and condensation in older terraces, roof and chimney wear from coastal weather, and lease and maintenance questions for Tyneside flats.