Is there a travel supplement for Milton Keynes?

It depends on the address. Many Milton Keynes postcodes are more than about 25 miles from Hemel Hempstead, and the price calculator adds the supplement automatically where it applies.

Do you survey 1970s timber-framed houses in Milton Keynes?

Yes. We cannot see the frame inside the walls, but we look for signs of damp, movement and alterations that may affect it, and say if further investigation is needed. A Level 3 suits older or altered timber-framed houses.

Do you cover Bletchley, Wolverton and Stony Stratford?

Yes. Bletchley is in MK1 to MK3, Stony Stratford in MK11 and Wolverton in MK12. We cover all the Milton Keynes districts listed on this page.

Level 2 & 3 House Surveys Milton Keynes

Homes we survey in Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes was designated as a new town in 1967, taking in older towns such as Bletchley, Wolverton and Stony Stratford and a string of villages. Its estates were laid out in grid squares between the main roads, and each tends to have its own character.

Houses from the 1970s to the 1990s make up the bulk of our work here, and detached houses are the type we see most, followed by mid-terraces. Some of the earlier estates tried new ideas, with flat roofs, timber cladding or panel systems. We have also inspected timber-framed houses, which can look like conventional brick houses from the street.

In the older towns, Wolverton has Victorian terraces built for its railway works, Stony Stratford has an old coaching-town centre on Watling Street, and Bletchley mixes Victorian, interwar and post-war housing. Since 2000, expansion areas such as Broughton, Brooklands, Oxley Park, Whitehouse and Fairfields have added many new homes.

From our survey reports in Milton Keynes

Based on 47 DBISS surveys in 7 postcode districts since 2022. Figures are rounded; homes can fall in more than one wall category.

When the homes were built

Pre–19006%
1900–19196%
1920–19394%
1940–19596%
1960–197928%
1980–199930%
2000 onwards15%

Property types

36% detached
17% mid-terrace
13% semi-detached
6% end-terrace

Main walls

77% cavity masonry · 17% solid masonry

Non-standard construction recorded

Timber frame. About non-standard homes

What to look out for

1970s and 1980s estates. Flat and low-pitched roofs, timber cladding and boarded panels, and windows from the first round of replacements all need checking. Where walls are timber-framed we cannot see the frame itself, so we look for signs of damp and for alterations that may have cut into it.

Newer homes. For a new or nearly new house, a snagging inspection is often the right choice. On many newer estates a management company looks after roads and open spaces, funded by a service charge that your solicitor should check.

Clay soils. Clay is widespread in and around Milton Keynes. Trees planted when the estates were new are now mature, and those close to houses can increase the risk of movement.

Which survey?

A Level 2 Home Survey (from £440) suits most conventionally built houses from the 1980s onwards in reasonable condition. For early experimental estates, altered timber-framed houses, the Victorian terraces of Wolverton and Bletchley, or houses you plan to extend, choose a Level 3 Building Survey (from £550), with a drone roof inspection where flight is permitted. Our which survey guide weighs up the two.

Some Milton Keynes addresses, mainly in the north of the city, are more than 25 miles in a straight line from our base (HP3 8PF), so a £45 travel supplement applies to them. The price calculator adds it automatically from your postcode.

Areas we cover

We cover MK1, MK2, MK3, MK4, MK5, MK6, MK7, MK8, MK9, MK10, MK11, MK12, MK13, MK14, MK15, MK17 and MK19, including Central Milton Keynes, Bletchley, Wolverton, Stony Stratford, the grid-square estates, Woburn Sands and Hanslope.

Nearby: Leighton Buzzard, Bedford and Aylesbury and Princes Risborough.

House surveys in Milton Keynes