Surveyor.. Awkward situation.. Help

Dumpydoodle

kellyt86 wrote: »

Thanks dumpydoodle! Yeah that's what I did on homecheck and said high for landfill and industrial area. Will speak to solicitor tomorrow.

Sorry kelly86, I didn't see you had already been onto homecheck:o

Dumpydoodle

kingstreet wrote: »

Solicitors do an indicative environmental report and if there's anything untoward on there, will ask your permission to spend the £40 on the full environmental search.

Ask your solicitor if in any doubt.

Thank you kingstreet, so I take it the one I would have originally paid for would be the indicative one. Ill contact them tomorrow for the full one.

cattie

Dumpydoodle wrote: »

he really knows his stuff, and was saying about how mentioning about how a roof in a block can be the responsibility of the top floor, of which I'm buying,and the ground floors responsibility for the foundations, and its important to find out. He is also frics.
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This is something a solicitor should be checking out anyway, once he has sight of the lease pack. Never heard of a surveyor commenting on such things before. He is paid to check the structure of the building, not the legal aspect. In the same way, many solicitors will refuse to look at the surveyor's report as, quite rightly, they maintain that they are not qualified to comment or give advice on its contents.

JQ.

kingstreet wrote: »

What qualifies a surveyor to comment on a lease?

The fact that they've studied Law as part of their qualification. Landlord and Tenant Law forms a very large part of the qualification.

kingstreet

JQ. wrote: »

The fact that they've studied Law as part of their qualification. Landlord and Tenant Law forms a very large part of the qualification.

Thanks. That was a genuine question, not an intended slight on surveyors.

I tend to go for economy of expression and when I read back what I wrote a day or two after, I wonder if the readers thought I was being stroppy/unpleasant when I was just being concise.