Buyer's surveyor wants us to vacate the property during survey

Weathergirl_76

I would sit in the car or in the garden whilst he/she is in the house. 

Pepod

Another one here that was told the same by the company, however the surveyor was perfectly content for me to remain in the property as long I could vacate whichever rooms he needed to see at the time.

lookstraightahead

When people go to try on clothes etc they are trusted not to steal them. These purchasers are spending huge amounts of money and folk worry they're going to steal the China? Lock all your data in a cupboard and just get on with it.

gettingtheresometime

No way would I let a stranger walk around my house at least social distanced. If it meant the sale fell through then so be it.

NatNat77

gettingtheresometime said:

No way would I let a stranger walk around my house at least social distanced. If it meant the sale fell through then so be it.

I agree. It's totally unnecessary to be kicked out of your own home and impractical for many people, especially when WFH

hazyjo

gettingtheresometime said:

No way would I let a stranger walk around my house at least social distanced. If it meant the sale fell through then so be it.

You'd follow them into every room while they did their job?!

What's the difference sitting in the lounge downstairs and letting them upstairs alone (with the same opportunity to rummage down anyone's knicker drawer!).

lookstraightahead

gettingtheresometime said:

No way would I let a stranger walk around my house at least social distanced. If it meant the sale fell through then so be it.

That's your prerogative. How are you've going to follow them around for 4 hours? 

lookstraightahead

NatNat77 said:

gettingtheresometime said:

No way would I let a stranger walk around my house at least social distanced. If it meant the sale fell through then so be it.

I agree. It's totally unnecessary to be kicked out of your own home and impractical for many people, especially when WFH

Surveys can take 4 hours. How are you going to carry on working from home with a surveyor in the house? I mean, you're going to have to have a surveyor probably, so how will you flexibly enable it?

The buyer might then want a drainage check and an electricity check etc.

davilown

I think it’s comes to to the fact that selling a house is a business transaction - this is just a necessary part of it.

the problems comes when people view it as their home and it becomes personal. It’s not personal, just business.

If you’re selling a business, you don’t insist on sitting with the accountant to go through the accounts etc.

NatNat77

lookstraightahead said

Surveys can take 4 hours. How are you going to carry on working from home with a surveyor in the house? I mean, you're going to have to have a surveyor probably, so how will you flexibly enable it?

The buyer might then want a drainage check and an electricity check etc.

I literally had a full survey done on my house two weeks ago and worked at a desk in my bedroom as usual. Hubby was working from the living room as usual. Letting him in and answering his initial questions took less than 5 minutes and hubby was there to show him where the gas meter was etc. We then left him to it, he had unrestricted access to anything he wanted to look at (well, except my underwear drawer!) and we did offer to leave the rooms we were in when he needed to come into them, he said no. 

I would have expected my buyer to use a different surveyor if we'd been expected to leave the house