House surveys in Cornwall

Cornwall's housing is dominated by granite, slate and killas stone cottages, slate-hung walls and older terraces built for mining and fishing communities, alongside bungalows and newer estates on town edges. The county has a unique set of survey concerns: a legacy of metal and china clay mining that calls for a Cornwall mining search, concrete blocks made with mine waste (mundic) in many homes built before the 1950s, high radon levels across the granite areas, and relentless exposure to Atlantic weather. Many coastal homes are second homes or holiday lets, and a large number of village and harbour properties are listed or in conservation areas.