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Should I get a survey on a 2 year old new build?
ALostMachine
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We have put an offer in on a 2 year old new build which still has 8 years left on the warranty. Even though it's still fairly new is it still worth having a full survey done?
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Go for something that looks at the structure.0
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ALostMachine wrote: »We have put an offer in on a 2 year old new build which still has 8 years left on the warranty. Even though it's still fairly new is it still worth having a full survey done?
No it is not. Complete waste of money.0 -
Only if you want to be told nothing worth while for great expense. NHBC will cover you if the worst happens, save yourself a few ££ and just read any other survey for a similar property they are all copy and pasted pretty much.Mr Generous - Landlord for more than 10 years. Generous? - Possibly but sarcastic more likely.0
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I'm not sure that you can assume that a two year old house will be fine. There have been a lot of articles recently regarding poorly built houses with a range of faults.
If this house is on a development it may be worth googling to see if other houses nearby have had issues. Two years is quite early for someone to be selling a new-build and I think I would want to be confident of their reasons for leaving.0 -
I suppose just the lender's valuation survey should be enough. Even we have an offer accepted on a house just 5 year old. We didn't notice anything fishy during the viewing and have decided just to go with the mandatory valuation survey from the lender.Home buying yet again!! Fingers crossed!!
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3 years ago ==> Completed!! PROUD homeowner from now on! :beer::beer::beer::beer:0 -
AnotherJoe wrote: »No it is not. Complete waste of money.
Given the well-documented problems with new builds, it strikes me it's the new built property that's the waste of money, not the survey0
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