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Need a survey or not ?
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I couldnt believe our luck when our buyer didnt have a survey 😂 and 8 months later after we sold it, its back for sale...
My advice - have a survey!
There was nothing really wrong with it (well, that we knew of) however sanding down & repainting hid the damp. And some black mould spray every week hid the damp on the ceiling. All this, and I'm sure much more, would have been picked up in a survey.
Theres a reason why most vendors hate them, but buyers love them!
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We didn't have a survey but we went on the second and third viewing with a builder and plumber, who inspected the property and priced up potential works. That doesn't work for everyone but it worked for us. They are 'in the trade' and generally know what to look out for.0
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Way back in 1995, when I was buying a property, Abbey National had this special offer whereby you could get your valuation survey for free, or a Home Buyers' Report for the regular cost of the valuation survey. As I'd budgeted for the survey, I went for the latter. It turned up significant structural issues which had been entirely missed by my vendors' valuation survey five years earlier.
Not only have I gone for surveys ever since, but so have my vendors!
There are posters on here who have considerable knowledge and experience of houses, and I probably wouldn't worry if I was them. For the less confident, though, I'd recommend getting one; certainly for historic properties.
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How lovely 😳.SMR710 said:I couldnt believe our luck when our buyer didnt have a survey 😂 and 8 months later after we sold it, its back for sale...
My advice - have a survey!
There was nothing really wrong with it (well, that we knew of) however sanding down & repainting hid the damp. And some black mould spray every week hid the damp on the ceiling. All this, and I'm sure much more, would have been picked up in a survey.
Theres a reason why most vendors hate them, but buyers love them!
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Get a survey unless you know better. I started house hunting in Jan 2020 and had surveys on 4 houses (the last being the house I've just bought). The things they pulled up were things I completely missed and have saved me a lot of tears!!Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool.0
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