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A structural inspection is often only carried out when a structural defect or issue is discovered or suspected. Normally as part of the process of a Home Buyer’s Survey if any structural problems are suspected they’ll be documented for additional investigation by a specialist structural engineer, who’ll be able to recognise the precise problem and advise on the practical options to correct. Where there is a more substantial suspected issue or the building’s history is especially poor, a general structural inspection may be carried out which will involve an evaluation of the entire structure and all load-bearing elements of the building, together with inspections of the surrounding site and any possible effects it could have, such as drainage issues or any trees close to the foundations of the house.
Structural surveys can also be completed on an ad hoc basis on existing properties if you suspect any sort of structural defect, such as cracking in walls, sagging of ceilings or roofs, or subsistence around the foundations of the building. When looking for a structural engineer, look for Chartered Surveyors who will be members of either the Institution of Structural Engineers or the Institution of Civil Engineers.
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Balham is a district in south London within the London Borough of Wandsworth. The settlement features in the Domesday Book as Belgeham. Bal means ârounded enclosure’ and ham a homestead, village or river enclosure. The region has been settled since Saxon times, and Balham Hill and Balham High Road follow the line of the Roman road Stane Street to Chichester.
Balham encompasses the A24 north of Tooting Bec along with the roads coming off it. The southern area of Balham which is close to Tooting Bec includes a block of 1930s Art Deco flats named Du Cane Court. There’s also the Heaver Estate which is in Tooting, which comprises substantial homes. It was built in the grounds of the old Bedford Hill House by local Victorian builder Alfred Heaver.
Balham lies in between 4 south London commons, namely Clapham Common towards the north, Wandsworth Common to the west, Tooting Graveney Common towards the south along with the connecting Tooting Bec towards the east.
During WWII, on 14th October 1940, Balham tube station was badly affected by air raids on London. Individuals sheltered in the tube station during the raids, but a bomb fell in the High Road and through the top of the Underground station, bursting a water and gas mains and killing about 64 people. Ian McEwan describes the event as part of his novel âAtonement’, published in 2001.