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£350+ For Hombuyers Survey....

westv
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.... and the surveying company was too tight fisted to include a postage paid addressed envelope for me to send back my agreement to their T&Cs for the survey.
I know a postage stamp is cheap but that's not the point.

Anyway, enough of my moaning. :D
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  • Gadge2011
    Gadge2011 Posts: 35 Forumite
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    westv wrote: »
    .... and the surveying company was too tight fisted to include a postage paid addressed envelope for me to send back my agreement to their T&Cs for the survey.
    I know a postage stamp is cheap but that's not the point.

    Anyway, enough of my moaning. :D

    Same with ours, really annoying!
  • cloo
    cloo Posts: 1,291 Forumite
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    £350 sounds pretty reasonable to me! Bit tight about the Ts and Cs though- and couldn't they have emailed? Ours did.
  • lizards
    lizards Posts: 244 Forumite
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    Ha, yep! Ours is 650+VAT and we still need a stamp!! Funnily enough we had this exact observation today too.
  • rosie383
    rosie383 Posts: 4,981 Forumite
    Flippin' heck! The guy we used last time is on holiday so can't do ours for at least a couple of weeks. Last year he charged £375 and we were pleased with what he did. Other companies all booked up for at least another four weeks. Just found one who can do it next week for £900+VAT!!!
    Father Ted: Now concentrate this time, Dougal. These
    (he points to some plastic cows on the table) are very small; those (pointing at some cows out of the window) are far away...
    :D:D:D
  • eddddy
    eddddy Posts: 18,181 Forumite
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    It's interesting to hear about other people's expectations.

    It would never occur to me that somebody expecting (or hoping for) a reply to their letter should need to send a stamped addressed envelope.

    In the same way, I would never think of including a stamped addressed envelope with a letter I send... because I wanted a reply to the letter.
  • deanos
    deanos Posts: 11,241 Forumite
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    edited 7 April 2015 at 5:20PM
    I paid £300 inc vat for a RICS Building Survey, report was emailed a few hours after they visited as well, the homebuyers report was quoted at £350 iirc not sure why it was more expensive as i understand its less detailed
  • Gadge2011
    Gadge2011 Posts: 35 Forumite
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    eddddy wrote: »
    It's interesting to hear about other people's expectations.

    It would never occur to me that somebody expecting (or hoping for) a reply to their letter should need to send a stamped addressed envelope.

    In the same way, I would never think of including a stamped addressed envelope with a letter I send... because I wanted a reply to the letter.

    I can’t think of any other companies which write to me that don’t include a prepaid envelope to be honest.

    Don’t get me wrong I didn't cry myself to sleep over the price of the stamp (I did really :rotfl:) but I must admit I noticed the lack of envelope very quickly and a few thoughts crossed my mind :A
  • rosie383
    rosie383 Posts: 4,981 Forumite
    I don't get how there can be such a huge difference in price. £300 up to £900?
    Father Ted: Now concentrate this time, Dougal. These
    (he points to some plastic cows on the table) are very small; those (pointing at some cows out of the window) are far away...
    :D:D:D
  • deanos
    deanos Posts: 11,241 Forumite
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    rosie383 wrote: »
    I don't get how there can be such a huge difference in price. £300 up to £900?

    as with everything shop around :)
  • pickles13
    pickles13 Posts: 157 Forumite
    I paid £570 for the bank to provide the homebuyers report as an upgrade to their valuation and I did receive a stamped addressed envelope but was surprised to get this as I thought it was rare now!
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