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Building surveyor found all these issues/repairs

WelshGlyndwr
WelshGlyndwr Posts: 121 Forumite
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edited 19 April 2019 at 6:17PM in House buying, renting & selling
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  • k3lvc
    k3lvc Posts: 4,174 Forumite
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    Is this a red flag?

    In a new-build then yes :rotfl:

    Assuming an older property then it depends on your budget and desire to do the work and whether they're advisory or serious issues - context from the surveyors report is everything
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    More context needed e.g. are the jobs to the roof needed because it's currently leaking like a sieve, or just precautionary / likely to be required soon? Mostly it looks like routine maintenance / suggested improvements.
  • its an old property but the surveyor said '
    The property is structurally stable, however, there are a number of repairs/maintenance items that would need to be seen to soon after purchasing the property and the price paid for the property should reflect this' This is a list of things
  • Maxwell007
    Maxwell007 Posts: 312 Forumite
    How big is the house and how many rooms, details please hahah
    To Update electrics that's £3k to 6k
    To Update heating and hot water system that's £4k to 8k
    the list goes on and on . . .
    How much do you like the house !?!?
    ask for £30k off and settle for 5k or get the seller to pay for another Building surveyor . . .u have options.
  • house is three bedrooms terraced house. 3k to 6k to update electrics that much!
  • martindow
    martindow Posts: 10,714 Forumite
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    gggggggggggggggggg
    Why remove your original post? Reason: polo?



    Threads where people have gone to the trouble of answering can be of use to other people searching on google. Without the context the replies have little value.
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