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Homebuyer Survey
cramg
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The house we have viewed ticks all the boxes but there are rather a lot of cracks on the internal walls, mainly upstairs. The house was built by David Wilson Homes 12 years ago and seeing the location, direction and size of these internal cracks, i believe they are of no serious concern. There are no visible cracks to the exterior of the property.
That said, could i have a home buyer survey or building survey carried out on the property before making an offer?
That said, could i have a home buyer survey or building survey carried out on the property before making an offer?
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In England (Scotland is different): normally you would make an offer first. If an offer is accepted, then a survey is done and you can always pull out or change the offer based on what was found during the survey (but the seller may not accept the new offer and the house will go back on the market).
So you can save ourself the cost of a survey as long as you and the seller haven't agreed on the price. Offers are always subject to survey, searches, etc.0 -
Make an offer subject to survey like everyone else.0
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