Should we repeat the survey?

Drem1992

Posted previously about the issues we had with our survey, there were a few quite major errors- it reported a boiler being in the wrong room, claimed a chimney breast was missing in the loft space which is very clearly there. 
Having raised these with the survey company they have offered us a full refund on the conditions that the survey is withdrawn, we're no longer retained as a client and they have no legal responsibility going forward. We're quite happy with this deal as we were so unhappy with the survey quality. 
The dilemma I'm facing is do we order a new survey or not? On the one hand the initial survey didn't throw up any major surprises (once the errors were recognised), and therefore I'd be surprised if there's anything major that the survey has not reported and I'm not sure what it'll add. On the other I'm generally a by the book person and I'm not sure what the implications are (if any) for us to go forward without a valid survey report. My partner is leaning on the don't bother with a new one, I keeping flitting back and forth. Thoughts from the forum?

Weathergirl_76

My friend recently had a survey and there was mention of a boiler being in a completely different place than it was! 

Personally if it was me, I would have one carried out, for peace of mind. You have nothing to fall back on if there turns out to be a costly problem which hasn’t been pointed out or recognised. It would buy me peace of mind at the very least. Good luck 

HampshireH

The implications will be that you take full responsibility for any issues that's arise.  But realistically you would anyway.

Ask why you got it in the first place and whether that reason still stands. It's clear your last one can't be trusted so you are effectively back to the beginning of this decision process 

verytired11

You can't rely on the first survey - it sounds like it related to a completely different house.  The fact that the surveyors were happy with a total recall and refund is quite telling.  I would get a new one done.

AnotherJoe

Weathergirl_76 said:

My friend recently had a survey and there was mention of a boiler being in a completely different place than it was! 

Personally if it was me, I would have one carried out, for peace of mind. You have nothing to fall back on if there turns out to be a costly problem which hasn’t been pointed out or recognised. It would buy me peace of mind at the very least. Good luck 

The reality is that the caveats in the survey will mean that anyway.

Given you seem to have noticed the issues with the original survey which means youve had a good look around anyway, what is it you expect a new survey might discover? Is this a really ancient place that might be falling down and realistically coudl be expected to have structural problems? If so geta  structural survey.

user1977

Drem1992 said:

the initial survey didn't throw up any major surprises (once the errors were recognised), and therefore I'd be surprised if there's anything major that the survey has not reported and I'm not sure what it'll add.

You need to make up your own mind on this - you said yourself that you didn't trust the original survey at all, but now you seem to be trusting it after all?