Possie small claims process

Manxman_in_exile

Marks1970 wrote: »

Thanks to everyone for your comments. The survey was a HomeBuyers which we wanted and upgraded from a valuation survey. The survey missed more detail than shown above and included the following:
1. The window being visible on outside but plastered over on the inside;
2. No mention of 4 large holes in the waterproof membrane of the roof. Easily visible from the loft hatch 'a head and dhoukders' inspection;
3. Surveyor stated that all the facias and soffits had been replaced with uPVC, in fact only a small section in the front had the rest was wood. Again easily visible from the ground;
4. No mention of a handful of missing roof slates;
5. Mentioned that the large shed to the rear needed ' general maintenance' where in fact there were 3 huge holes, big enough to drop an adult through!

We have had two quotes for all the works required that were missed by the surveyor and the total is just above or below £10k depending on the builder.
All of these were obvious on the day of inspection and not hidden by other materials
My main reason for wanting to pursue the surveyor is that they promoted the Homebuyers to help us:

1.make a reasoned and informed decision on whether to go ahead with buying the property
2. take account of any repairs or replacements the property needs; and

The survey failed these two points dramatically.

OK, yeah that does seem pretty bad, although I I still don't understand the window issue and how you didn't notice it(?). We've always double checked survey reports against our own inspection of properties and gone back to the surveyor if we had any questions. But my wife and I are "belt and braces" people.


Re the bit I've highlighted in bold, we have twice been steered away from going down the full structural survey route by our surveyors. I don't know if they think the cost is prohibitive or whether they don't want to leave themselves open to potential negligence claims if they get it wrong. EDIT: I'm not sure the survey you had is adequate to allow you to make a reasoned and informed decision about purchase, depending on the age and condition of the property.





Good luck.