Surveys

sunny427

When buying a house would the estate agent and lender have done a survey of property and would they report on any discrepancies, i.e. if they found any issues on property?

thumpthump

I always had to pay for mine.

Grabs39

The agent would not do any type of survey.

the mortgage lender will arrange a valuation, but that can be done by seeing what other nearby houses sold for, so they might not even go to the house, especially now due to coronavirus.

If you want a survey (which is advisable if buying a house) you’ll normally arrange it yourself; you can often do this by upgrading your mortgage lenders valuation to a “Homebuyers report”.  A brief overview can be found at https://hoa.org.uk/advice/guides-for-homeowners/i-am-buying/what-sort-of-survey-should-i-have/