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Buying a House: What Type of Survey?

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    Buying a House: What Type of Survey?

    The basic one? Homebuyer's Report or full structural?

    I'm buying a renovated blacksmiths - about 200 years old. Never been lived in

    #2
    Originally posted by Gumbo Robot View Post
    The basic one? Homebuyer's Report or full structural?

    I'm buying a renovated blacksmiths - about 200 years old. Never been lived in
    Full
    How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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      #3
      Originally posted by Gumbo Robot View Post
      The basic one? Homebuyer's Report or full structural?

      I'm buying a renovated blacksmiths - about 200 years old. Never been lived in
      Full. I recently had to pull out of buying a Grade II listed house that was about 240 years old after the full survey picked up previous repairs to the gable end and roof structures that turned out to be due to subsidence, fixed about 30 years ago. Missed entirely by the separate mortgage lending survey.

      The difference in this case was about 100 grand in eventual resale value and £1000 a year in buildings insurance to satisfy the mortgage lender. Well worth the 900 I spent on a specialist listed buildings surveyor.

      Why would you try to save a couple of hundred quid when you're spending the most you're likely to do in your life?
      Have you tried switching it off and back on again??

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        #4
        He already knows the answer.
        'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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          #5
          Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
          He already knows the answer.
          Not necessarily.

          It was formerly a derelict building and has been completely renovated so I'd imagine the developer had some kind of structural survey done in the first instance.

          Unfortunately I don't have the luxury to delve into that because my application has to be in Monday to have a realistic chance of getting the nod before my current contract ends. And they need to know what type of Survey I'm going to have.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Gumbo Robot View Post
            Not necessarily.

            It was formerly a derelict building and has been completely renovated so I'd imagine the developer had some kind of structural survey done in the first instance.

            Unfortunately I don't have the luxury to delve into that because my application has to be in Monday to have a realistic chance of getting the nod before my current contract ends. And they need to know what type of Survey I'm going to have.
            Yes you do... Because of the bolder items above. You've no idea how good the work he's done is and the best way to cover up problems with with a renovation.
            'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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              #7
              Originally posted by Gumbo Robot View Post
              The basic one? Homebuyer's Report or full structural?

              I'm buying a renovated blacksmiths - about 200 years old. Never been lived in
              Full + National Trust and English Heritage Surveys.
              What happens in General, stays in General.
              You know what they say about assumptions!

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                #8
                I say he takes off and nukes whole site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...

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                  #9
                  Full.
                  A Homebuyer's survey will come back and list everything that could be wrong with an old building without being too specific and against each point it will say "this could be confirmed with a more detailed survey"
                  …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
                    Full.
                    A Homebuyer's survey will come back and list everything that could be wrong with an old building without being too specific and against each point it will say "this could be confirmed with a more detailed survey"
                    In other words as much use as a Tory promise to abolish IR35
                    Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.

                    No Socialist Government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently-worded expressions of public discontent.

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