House surveys in Merseyside

Merseyside's housing is dominated by Liverpool's Victorian expansion as one of the world's great ports. Grand Georgian terraces and Victorian villas sit alongside dense streets of red brick terraces, while the Wirral offers a mix of Victorian seaside towns, sandstone villages and affluent suburbs. Southport, Crosby and Formby have Victorian, Edwardian and inter-war homes near the coast, while Kirkby and parts of Knowsley were built as post-war overspill estates. Common survey issues include damp in older terraces, coastal exposure, sandy and soft ground near the coast, coal mining legacy around St Helens, and the condition of post-war system-built homes.