Surveys

poppysarah

Got your old survey?

Use that as a check list.

If the walls aren't bowing out and you can see the roof is ok inside and out, and it's not swimming in damp...

Watch out for excessive use of air fresheners. It could mean dog or damp, or damp dog I spose.

Really2

Get the original plans and check what if any walls have been removed.

Then you can obviously check if they are load bearing or not.

G_M

Really2 wrote: »

Get the original plans and check what if any walls have been removed.

Then you can obviously check if they are load bearing or not.

How can they be load bearing if they've been removed.........?

:rotfl:

Really2

G_M wrote: »

How can they be load bearing if they've been removed.........?

:rotfl:

Load bearing walls can be removed and the house not fall down. Also they may have been removed and not had adequate support put in place.
These kind of things come up on the survey and then things like building regs requested work or the work inspected.

Now who looks a tad silly.:p

G_M

Err No?!
If the wall is not there it can not be bearing a load. An absent wall divides nothing, bears nothing and, indeed, does.... nothing!

The wall is gone. Ipso facto - it is not bearing a load!

The fact that it WAS bearing a load before its removal, and that load is now bourne (born?), however precariously, by something else, is neither here nor there. (well, except to the new property owner, I'll grant you.)


NOW who looks a tad silly?

Really2

G_M wrote: »

Err No?!
If the wall is not there it can not be bearing a load. An absent wall divides nothing, bears nothing and, indeed, does.... nothing!

The wall is gone. Ipso facto - it is not bearing a load!

The fact that it WAS bearing a load before its removal, and that load is now bourne (born?), however precariously, by something else, is neither here nor there. (well, except to the new property owner, I'll grant you.)


NOW who looks a tad silly?

Sorry I did not think you were being a pedant, my mistake.:p
But at least you acknowledge the obvious point of my post and understand even if it was removed it would still be a place a load bearing wall was.:T

G_M

Pedant? Moi? Never! (just adding a touch of tongue-in-cheek to lighten the mood).

"even if it was removed it would still be a place a load bearing wall might have been.:T "

seabright

I think a Homebuyers Survey or a Full Structural Survey are always worth the money - even just for the reasurance that everything's OK.

Ever watched Proeprty Ladder? You know you're in for a great episode when one of the participants says "no, we didn't have a survey, we wanted to save money". You don't want to be that person!

G_M

seabright wrote: »

I think a Homebuyers Survey or a Full Structural Survey are always worth the money - even just for the reasurance that everything's OK.

Ever watched Proeprty Ladder? You know you're in for a great episode when one of the participants says "no, we didn't have a survey, we wanted to save money". You don't want to be that person!

That is, of course, the cautious and sensible course of action.

Equally should you always use:
a professional conveyancer for conveyancing
a professional IFA for your savings/investments
a professional insurance broker when buying insurance
a professional mechanic when your car breaks down
a professional travel agent when booking a hotel
a professional carpenter when putting up shelves.......?

Naturally it depends on your level of knowledge and skillset in each of the respective fields.

The OP works in construction. Now granted that could mean many things, but if he feels he has the required knowledge and skills to do the job it seems a reasonable decision to make.