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christie_3
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The survey done on the house which I am selling recommended a structural report on a crack between the main building (old cottage) and an extension - the crack was there when I moved in a number of years ago and, as far as I am aware is no worse. There are absolutely no cracks inside the house. Would it help me sell the house to have a report done and can anyone tell me what that might be likely to cost? Thanks
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Settlement is normal and not necessarily a concern.
Why not wait and see what your buyers do?
If you get your own survey, it might help ... but any buyer is going to get their own survey anyway, so you effectively waste your money. (Your surveyor has no responsibility towards any buyer i.e. a buyer cannot rely on your surveyor's report and certainly cannot sue them if they are negligent).Warning ..... I'm a peri-menopausal axe-wielding maniac
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The buyer wants to reduce their offer....so I have turned them down. Now means the house has to go back on the market again (Scotland). I have already bought a new house - due to complete end August - so delays are not good. However, it looks like getting my own structural report wont help speed things up? There is a lot of interest in the house so I guess I should just keep going..0
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Most people will not trust a survey done by the seller - not much incentive for the suveyor to put something negative when the client wants all possitives. Of cause a suveyor should give an unbiased account but I suspect the majority of buyers would be untrusting of it - hence the initial backlash against the idea of a sellers pack when it was first suggested.All posts made are simply my own opinions and are neither professional advice nor the opinions of my employers
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