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Does anyone have experience of this surveyor?

lee636
lee636 Posts: 460 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Hi all,

Does anyone have experience of https://www.countywidesurvey.co.uk?

I only say this as a quote for a full structural survey has come back rather cheap in comparison to most others.

Any info would be great!

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  • DVardysShadow
    DVardysShadow Posts: 18,949 Forumite
    Hmm. Flash intro to website. Ugh. Looking at the contact details, looks like a sole practitioner. My first thought is that it was part of countrywide estate agency group, but this does not seem to be the case.
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  • clutton_2
    clutton_2 Posts: 11,149 Forumite
    its a clever play on words.. they want you to think Country wide.. but they are called County wide.... different firm...

    Countrywide re fine as far as i am concerned....
  • omen666
    omen666 Posts: 2,206 Forumite
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    DVardysShadow wrote: »
    Hmm. Flash intro to website. Ugh. Looking at the contact details, looks like a sole practitioner. My first thought is that it was part of countrywide estate agency group, but this does not seem to be the case.
    agreed looking at WHOIS and UKINFO
    http://www.linkedin.com/ppl/webprofile?vmi=&id=74236185&pvs=pp&authToken=OnXe&authType=name&locale=en_US&trk=ppro_viewmore&lnk=vw_pprofile
  • lee636
    lee636 Posts: 460 Forumite
    Thanks all. A homebuyers report is coming in at £215 inc vat. If he didn't have many overheads could this be an ok price?

    I've looked him up on the RICS site and he appears.

    Thanks again.
  • jockosjungle
    jockosjungle Posts: 759 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker Home Insurance Hacker!
    Could be ok, however the idea might be to get you in with a cheap quote, flag up a load of issues and then charge you some more to do further checks
  • lee636
    lee636 Posts: 460 Forumite
    jockosjungle wrote: »
    Could be ok, however the idea might be to get you in with a cheap quote, flag up a load of issues and then charge you some more to do further checks

    So it might be worth clarifying what exactly you get for the money, get it in writing and holding him to it if he tried to push on the 'i need another look' scenario.
  • omen666
    omen666 Posts: 2,206 Forumite
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    lee636 wrote: »
    So it might be worth clarifying what exactly you get for the money, get it in writing and holding him to it if he tried to push on the 'i need another look' scenario.
    Spot on:money:
  • oneeye1
    oneeye1 Posts: 231 Forumite
    instead of a surveyor get a good builder to look it over much better
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