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Our survey says...
Sphynx
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Not alot! We had a full survey done and now I am wondering whether we should have bothered! It told us that the flat roofs were coming to the end of their natural useful life (which I guessed it would say), the staircase baluastrades had gaps that were too wide and the circuit board in the utility might need replacing.
Still at least I know there is nothing wrong with the place.
Is this about what you would expect from a survey? The house we are buying is a 60's build with a ground floor extension
Still at least I know there is nothing wrong with the place.
Is this about what you would expect from a survey? The house we are buying is a 60's build with a ground floor extension
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surely you should be relieved to know that there is nothing else wrong with the property ? surveyors dont invent problems ........0
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If there was even the tiniest problem it would have been picked up by surveyor. You should be thrilled. What price do you put on peace of mind?I'm an estate agent. :j0
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Would you have preferred to be given a list of hugely expensive faults? We get loads of posts from people complaining their survey has found problems and the poster doesn't know what to do.
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No sorry I didn't mean I am annoyed about the survey. I am indeed glad it showed up no major faults. I just hope they have done a proper job, but to be honest the property did look well kept and the people are lovely. I just didn't want to trust my instincts and not bother with a survey.0
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the house is only 40/50 years old - that is no age at all... so i would not have expected too many problems0
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and the people are lovely, so like clutton i would not have expected too many problems.0
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