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Is a surveyor allowed to do this?
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Hardly destroyed... Do you really think your buyers will care, your moving out aren't you?? What are you worrying about your hard work when you won't be there.... Pin pricks, picture hooks, does this really matter in the grand scheme of things?An opinion is just that..... An opinion0
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Building_Surveyor wrote: »Pin pricks, picture hooks, does this really matter in the grand scheme of things?
Probably not, but I'm generally a 'bit' angsty about things. Like I said, I wasn't expecting someone to come into my house and put holes in it.
Thanks for the reassurance everyone, now I can move on to worrying about what will come up in the survey and whether the buyers will try to reduce their offer....0 -
Unless something was flagged up on the survey I wouldn't worry. Pin holes certainly won't be...An opinion is just that..... An opinion0
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i'd be annoyed if a surveyor caused 'damage' without asking first.0
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ariadne0515 wrote: »The holes are like a needle has been pushed in. I know I'm probably coming over as making a mountain out of a molehill
Yes you are.Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide.0 -
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...what was the alternative? Refuse a survey??? Then kiss goodbye to your buyer;)
Life must be easy if you've got time to worry about pin pricks in walls :rotfl:An opinion is just that..... An opinion0 -
Building_Surveyor wrote: »...what was the alternative? Refuse a survey??? Then kiss goodbye to your buyer;)
Life must be easy if you've got time to worry about pin pricks in walls :rotfl:
yes i largely agree that it is not a big issue, but i would have preferred a surveyor to inform/request in advance that the survey might cause minor damage..ariadne0515 wrote: »Whilst cleaning today DH has noticed lots of little holes in the plaster and skirting board in the bay window. I've had a further look round tonight and there are more holes in the chimney breast and external wall in another room.
clearly there are going to be many vendors who don't know what a survey entails0 -
It sounds to me as if the surveyor has been thoroughly checking a recently re-decorated area; I know I would. Whilst you might have innocently tarted up the bay to help your sale, many other sellers use paint/wallpaper/tiles/carpet etc to conceal problems such as damp.
Worry about your new place and leave the pinpricks to your buyer.Mornië utulië0
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