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Giving your buyers copies of surveys you've paid for?
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Furts - this isn't a chartered surveyor's survey report, it's a timber and damp report. Out of courtesy, the OP should ensure the surveyor is happy that is be passed to the purchaser, but I'd be surprised if he wasn't expecting that anyway.I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.0
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kingstreet wrote: »Furts - this isn't a chartered surveyor's survey report, it's a timber and damp report. Out of courtesy, the OP should ensure the surveyor is happy that is be passed to the purchaser, but I'd be surprised if he wasn't expecting that anyway.
OK, but who has written the report? In essence what qualifications or designatory letters after the name?
Or if it is a commercial company report then fine. But if this is the case, will a purchaser accept the contents?0 -
...........................................................Hi sponge
The independant damp specialist was acting for you. correct Therefore the original/top copy report is your property. Correct - so are any other copies you have.Unless you know differently this was not intended to be issued to a third party.Define 'issued'! It was given to the OP to do with as he wish.
The surveyor should be asked for permission if the report is to be released to, and used by, third parties. Yes, but
a) pointless asking for permmission - it will be refused
b) the key words are used by : there is nothing to stop the OP showing, or giving a copy to, a 3rd party. But as you say that 3rd party cannot use the report (ie to sue the expert who wrote it)
Should this occur, there are copyright and liability issues that should be explained to the third party.No copyright issue. Liability? Who? The author of the report has no liability to the 3rd party, but that does not stop the 3rd party seeing the report.
If at a future point the third party wanted to sue the surveyor on the basis the information was not correct...I wonder if this would not be possible because the contract was between you and the surveyor.This is the only statement here that is 100% correct
I am not a lawyer, but have experience of surveyors reports!0 -
A T&D surveyor being asked for a report on the sale of a property would be highly likely to be able to guess that the purchaser, their lender and surveyor would see the report as a bare minimum.OK, but who has written the report? In essence what qualifications or designatory letters after the name?
Or if it is a commercial company report then fine. But if this is the case, will a purchaser accept the contents?
As I said, it would be courtesy on the part of the OP to ask permission to provide a copy, if he hasn't already done so.
It's perfectly normal for vendors to obtain reports requested by the purchaser's surveyor to assist in the valuation process.I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.0 -
But you are saying the gist of my reply is correct. It is all about words, interpretation and meaning. I do not wish to get pedantic, others may............................................................
The copyright bit is if the third party has the report they cannot go about photocopying it as if the report was commissioned by them. Of course they might do this - not a problem for me!0
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