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Homebuyers report
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For goodness sake!The house has been priced to sell, one further up on street is on for 25% more , it is all finished, this is a fixer upper (albeit a liveable one) . The survey recommends further reports for so much. I don’t want to instruct any more further reports - But I guess quotes from trades are free - it won’t affect the asking price , the seller confirmed she won’t reduce by any amount
You are looking at a 150 year old property.
It's a fixer upper.
It's "priced to sell" at a 25% discount.
What do you expect? Of course the survey will find work that needs doing - that's why you had a survey done! To tell you exactly what needed 'fixing up'.
Now you know.0 -
True, the no building reg thing has thrown me abit too, albeit the work isn’t an ongoing concern - so it’s not a safety thing0
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You have no idea when the roof timbers were modified - BR may well not have even been a thing at the time.True, the no building reg thing has thrown me abit too
One thing's for sure - the lack of BR paperwork is not relevant to anything, since there's only a very limited window for the local authority to pursue a failure to get sign-off. So it's a question of whether it's safe or not. You know work is needed - so it's just a question over whether this is a part of what's needed or not... Get a roofer to investigate, if you're worried.0 -
The surveyor recommended getting a structural engineer report if no building regs. Although he did say it didn’t look like an on going problem. Would a roofer quote be ok , do you think?0
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I think if I was looking at an 1850's property, i'd be looking at doing a full structural survey for the extra cost, than a basic homebuyers survey.0
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I had been told Homebuyers Survey was appropriate for any traditional built houses after 1800, and wouldn’t tell anything much more than homebuyers. Would probably still be referred for specialist reports?0
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i got told 100 year old properties and older should get a full structural report which is one above homebuyers.0
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