Homebuyers report received

mrsmchapman

Morning

We had our survey on March 18th and today have finally received the report.

We knew that - few 3's would be on the report as I know they are unable to check gas, electrics etc.

The rest of the house is actually fine, so all good.

My question is on the report it states

You should instruct a reputable qualified plumbing and heating engineer to inspect and report to you before exchange of contracts.
Condition Rating 3. (Further Investigation).

Is this essential? The report clearly states system was working when they inspected and having seen the boiler (I didn't check electrics, but willing to change, upgrade in future if needed) which looks pretty new, will the fact the report states check before exchange hold things up? Or is the paragraph standard wording on all reports.

Thanks

Dan-Dan

Easy done , get vendors permission , make sure he`s gas safe registered , £75 later you will have something telling you systmes working all ok (or not)

bclark

Its backside covering really, its just a way of the surveyor making it clear that he is not qualified to confirm that its all working 100%.

Unless you have any real concerns then I wouldn't bother as half the time whoever you employ to inspect it would probably find a list of things that will need doing as they want the work.

mr-bob_2

It's standard and is basically a "get out" in case anything *is* wrong.

If you know a builder/plumber/electricition bring them along to take a look although you can usually tell if there would be any problems or not.

The decision is entirely down to you, and no-one can really advise you without seeing the property.

mrsmchapman

Thanks for the replies, I don't have any real concerns myself if I'm honest I just wanted to make sure this clause wouldn't hold anything up. We will hopefully next year be changing the heating system anyway and will update electrics when required.

I did look at the boiler and its pretty new installation and was seen working so that's all fine with me.

Onto the next stage now then of the buying process

cootuk

I would ask the vendor for sight of the boiler service records if available.
For electrics, then try switches on a second visit, have a look at the fusebox which gives you a rough idea of when the fusebox was last installed/refurbed.
Number of gangways in fusebox would also help determine you have up-to-spec circuits like kitchen oven, electric shower etc if installed.

mel48rose

You could ask when it was last serviced?

mrsmchapman

The solicitor has requested any service history from the seller, I have not heard as yet if anything as been received.

I will have electrics updated once we know which works we want doing to the house, I do know the lights work as not only were these switched on in pictures but also when we viewed as it was a dark day. I didn't as I say check the electric box but will update this once I move in if needed.