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Surveys - what order?
papermoney
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We are the top of a chain and the people buying our house sold to first time buyers. We were due to accommodate their survey today but they cancelled at first notice saying that the first time buyers hadn't had their survey yet.
Is this normal practise? Does the bottom of the chain have to have their survey first then it goes up the chain?
Is this normal practise? Does the bottom of the chain have to have their survey first then it goes up the chain?
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not necessarily, but it sounds as if they don't want to spend out in case their buyers pull out.
We are in a similar situation....we are not selling our house (will be renting it out), have had an offer accepted but the people we are buying from have not found yet. We have said we will only start incuring costs once they have found (have had similar in the past & the person we were buying from pulled out as she could not find anywhere)0 -
I did this too. I wouldn't get a survey done on the property that i'm buying until my buyer has his survey done on my property. It just lessens the risk of losing several hundred quid by a tiny amount.Everyone is entitled to my opinion!0
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