Urgent- Do surveyors go up ladder to look at roof when doing home buyers survey?

jenny74

Thanks for all the helpful information peeps, I have passed it on to my friend.

Blacksheep1979 wrote: »

Sorry but this really does sound like you're trying to pull the wool over your buyers eyes here - you're concerned about the surveyor noticing something that you're going to fix?

A buyer should surely be happy with a receipt for the work done - if it's the case that you are going to do it...

There is no 'Your' as I very clearly stated it is a friend (male, I am female, so couldn't even pretend to be him :rotfl:)

The only reason he is concerned is because a buyer of a neighbouring property used a very simple thing that was picked up on the survey as an excuse to pull out. I think my friend is just worried about it all, after all it is very stressful process. His first choice would be to get the hip re set before the surveyor comes, so there is no issue, but the roofer he knows and trusts is fully booked for the next two weeks and my friend doesn't want to delay the surveyor. The fact that you have concluded from that that someone you have never met is 'trying to pull the wool' is at best presumptious and at worse ignorant and judgmental. I have know him for many years and it wouldn't even enter his head to do what you are suggesting (but it would obviously enter yours).


Thanks guys

Blacksheep1979

And then it's just as presumptuous and ignorant of your friend to believe that a buyer will do a runner from their house when a roofer is booked to do the work...

jenny74

Blacksheep1979 wrote: »

And then it's just as presumptuous and ignorant of your friend to believe that a buyer will do a runner from their house when a roofer is booked to do the work...

Eh? At no point did he say (nor did I) that he thinks his buyers would do a runner, in fact they love the house and are as secure as buyers come. He just doesn't want any issues at all qnd for it to go as moothly as possible. He also wants to do the right thing. (Not many like that left is there?)

If you have nothing constructive or helpful to add, I'd appreciate you taking out whatever it is one someone elses thread... I was just after info for a friend, not Judge and Jury.

knoxy

I paid a lot of money for a full structural survey. Everything outside was looked at from ground level. He did stick his head in through the roof access but that was all. For anything that he said was OK he then put the caveat that we might want to get an expert in to make sure. the things that really mattered like a few rotten floor joists were not niticed at all!!