Cheltenham is largely Regency and Victorian, with big conservation areas around Montpellier, Pittville and the Promenade. Gloucester mixes Victorian terraces in Tredworth and Barton with post-war estates at Matson and Podsmead and newer homes at Kingsway and Hempsted. Stroud’s houses climb the sides of the Five Valleys, so roofs face every direction and shading from the hillside is checked at the survey. Cirencester and the Cotswold towns are built in limestone, and listed buildings and conservation areas are common in their centres.
Much of the east of the county is in the Cotswolds National Landscape, and the Wye Valley National Landscape reaches into the Forest of Dean. Planning goes through the district: Gloucester City, Cheltenham, Stroud, Cotswold, Forest of Dean or Tewkesbury. The network operator is National Grid Electricity Distribution. Villages around Coleford, Cinderford and Lydney are on rural lines where a battery with backup makes sense. Tewkesbury and the north edge of the county are borderline, so call first. Gloucestershire is more than 90 minutes from Ferndown, so the first survey is usually a video call.