Useful links

Valuation

• Land registry: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/land-registry
• Rightmove: www.rightmove.co.uk

Professional

• Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors: www.rics.org/uk

Legal and historical context

• Leasehold: www.gov.uk/leasehold-property
• Leases: www.lease-advice.org
• Listed buildings: britishlistedbuildings.co.uk
• Planning and building regulations: www.planningportal.co.uk
• Society for Preservation of Ancient Buildings: www.spab.org.uk
• Historic England: historicengland.org.uk

Contractors & specialists

• Property care association (Damp, timer, JKW): www.property-care.org

Services

• Electricity: www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/electrical-professionals/best-practice-guides
• Gas safe register: www.gassaferegister.co.uk
• Oil: www.oftec.org/consumers/consumer-home-guides
• Solid and biomass fuel: www.hetas.co.uk

Environmental

• Asbestos: www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos
• Carbon monoxide: www.co-bealarmed.co.uk
• Electromagnetic fields: www.hse.gov.uk/radiation/nonionising/directive.htm
• Energy advice: www.gov.uk/browse/housing-local-services/household-energy
• Geology: mapapps.bgs.ac.uk/geologyofbritain/home.html
• Radon: www.ukradon.org/information/ukmaps
• Bats: www.gov.uk/guidance/bats-protection-surveys-and-licences

Taxes

• Capital gains tax: www.gov.uk/topic/personal-tax/capital-gains-tax
• Inheritance tax: www.gov.uk/topic/personal-tax/inheritance-tax
• Stamp taxes: www.gov.uk/topic/business-tax/stamp-taxes

Other useful links

• Countrywide Conveyancing Services: www.countrywide.co.uk/conveyancing
• Countrywide Mortgages: www.countrywide.co.uk/mortgages
• Countrywide Insurance: www.countrywide.co.uk/insurance
• Crime rates: www.police.uk
• EPC register: www.epcregister.com
• Help to buy: www.helptobuy.gov.uk
• Local parks: www.gov.uk/find-your-local-park
• Mobile and broadband coverage: www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-telecoms-and-internet/advice-for-consumers/advice/ofcom-checker
• NHS service search: www.nhs.uk/service-search
• Ofsted: reports.ofsted.gov.uk
• UK Finance: www.ukfinance.org.uk