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How long for a Building survey

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Roy69
Roy69 Posts: 6 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Hello,

How long should it take to complete a full buildings survey on a 3 bed cottage built c1850, with barn and outbuildings ? All buildings require renovation.

Thanks,

Roy

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  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 33,855 Forumite
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    At least an hour? It varies between houses and surveyors. I had a surveyor who was telling me about people making him lunch in a big house he was surveying!
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  • Milliewilly
    Milliewilly Posts: 1,081 Forumite
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    My now lost buyers had a full building survey on mine last week (200 year old house). He took 4 hours.
  • Roy69
    Roy69 Posts: 6 Forumite
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    thanks for the replys.

    I was expecting it to take half a day but the surveyor said around an hour. the surveyor arrived at 3.45 and stayed for an hour and a half, maybe a bit longer.
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