Survey missed stuff

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lookstraightahead said:

Deleted_User said:

I paid £700 for the survey, I just expected the easy things to be done. Yes I am a FTB

i.e spot a fan and check the shower works for more than 30 seconds. 

The wall had a unit in front of it, but was easily moved. I just get the feeling it was done on a devil may care basis and I see it as a bit of a waste of money getting the higher price survey considering they did not even spot the structure issue which may or may not be bad.

It's not the price you pay for a structural survey - I think mine was £1500, so it's a mid range one. 

I'm not sure what that one covers, bit it might be worth checking what it's supposed to covers and comparing what you received. I would doubt it covers whether a shower works etc, but I could be wrong.

If they were clear about that I would not have a problem, but as above they seem to have gone out of their way to say the shower worked. 

user1977

[Deleted User] said:

lookstraightahead said:

[Deleted User] said:

I paid £700 for the survey, I just expected the easy things to be done. Yes I am a FTB

i.e spot a fan and check the shower works for more than 30 seconds. 

The wall had a unit in front of it, but was easily moved. I just get the feeling it was done on a devil may care basis and I see it as a bit of a waste of money getting the higher price survey considering they did not even spot the structure issue which may or may not be bad.

It's not the price you pay for a structural survey - I think mine was £1500, so it's a mid range one. 

I'm not sure what that one covers, bit it might be worth checking what it's supposed to covers and comparing what you received. I would doubt it covers whether a shower works etc, but I could be wrong.

If they were clear about that I would not have a problem, but as above they seem to have gone out of their way to say the shower worked. 

I wouldn't think it reasonable to assume that a surveyor would do more than run it briefly to check that it appeared to be functioning.

Didn't you check any of this yourself during your viewings?

[Deleted User]

user1977 said:

[Deleted User] said:

lookstraightahead said:

[Deleted User] said:

I paid £700 for the survey, I just expected the easy things to be done. Yes I am a FTB

i.e spot a fan and check the shower works for more than 30 seconds. 

The wall had a unit in front of it, but was easily moved. I just get the feeling it was done on a devil may care basis and I see it as a bit of a waste of money getting the higher price survey considering they did not even spot the structure issue which may or may not be bad.

It's not the price you pay for a structural survey - I think mine was £1500, so it's a mid range one. 

I'm not sure what that one covers, bit it might be worth checking what it's supposed to covers and comparing what you received. I would doubt it covers whether a shower works etc, but I could be wrong.

If they were clear about that I would not have a problem, but as above they seem to have gone out of their way to say the shower worked. 

I wouldn't think it reasonable to assume that a surveyor would do more than run it briefly to check that it appeared to be functioning.

Didn't you check any of this yourself during your viewings?

I didn't have a shower, no

user1977

[Deleted User] said:

user1977 said:

Deleted_User said:

lookstraightahead said:

[Deleted User] said:

I paid £700 for the survey, I just expected the easy things to be done. Yes I am a FTB

i.e spot a fan and check the shower works for more than 30 seconds. 

The wall had a unit in front of it, but was easily moved. I just get the feeling it was done on a devil may care basis and I see it as a bit of a waste of money getting the higher price survey considering they did not even spot the structure issue which may or may not be bad.

It's not the price you pay for a structural survey - I think mine was £1500, so it's a mid range one. 

I'm not sure what that one covers, bit it might be worth checking what it's supposed to covers and comparing what you received. I would doubt it covers whether a shower works etc, but I could be wrong.

If they were clear about that I would not have a problem, but as above they seem to have gone out of their way to say the shower worked. 

I wouldn't think it reasonable to assume that a surveyor would do more than run it briefly to check that it appeared to be functioning.

Didn't you check any of this yourself during your viewings?

I didn't have a shower, no

Well, neither did the surveyor!

lookstraightahead

Op, look at what they're supposed to check. Don't they have details of the service they offer? 

lookstraightahead

[Deleted User] said:

lookstraightahead said:

[Deleted User] said:

I paid £700 for the survey, I just expected the easy things to be done. Yes I am a FTB

i.e spot a fan and check the shower works for more than 30 seconds. 

The wall had a unit in front of it, but was easily moved. I just get the feeling it was done on a devil may care basis and I see it as a bit of a waste of money getting the higher price survey considering they did not even spot the structure issue which may or may not be bad.

It's not the price you pay for a structural survey - I think mine was £1500, so it's a mid range one. 

I'm not sure what that one covers, bit it might be worth checking what it's supposed to covers and comparing what you received. I would doubt it covers whether a shower works etc, but I could be wrong.

If they were clear about that I would not have a problem, but as above they seem to have gone out of their way to say the shower worked. 

So, more importantly, why does it pack up after 30 seconds? Have you investigated it yourself? 

macman

A surveyor cannot move furniture, dismantle things, or anything else without the vendor's permission, nor do they normally check the plumbing or electrics, neither of which they would be qualified to do anyway.
It's purely a visual inspection.
As a FTB, you probably expect everything to be in perfect order, as it was when you rented. It doesn't work like that with a house purchase.

fourmarks

What did the surveyor say when you challenged him on these matters? I'm assuming you've spoken to him as that would be the logical  first port of call for an unsatisfied customer.

trakky14

It sounds like a level 2 survey for £700 rather than a level 3 which are usually over £1000...check what you had and what it was meant to cover. 

We had a level 3, he checked all the taps, flushed the loos, shower on off etc but they don't fully test anything like electrics, gas, heating...they will always recommend you get them independently checked by electricians etc. 

I'd say you are probably wasting your time, we had a level 2 and 2 months in our boiler packed in. On the survey it says appeared functional (heating was on the day he came) but recommend a further inspection by a engineer to be sure etc etc...we didn't bother. We wish we had now as we were 4k out of pocket for a new one shortly after. My point is we didn't feel we had any recourse as we should have got it independently checked and we didn't. 

SavingPennies_2

For a £700 survey you wouldn't expect that level of detail, these sort of issues nearly always crop up when you move in, it's part and parcel of buying a property and reason for always having a contingency fund.

I suppose the a question is, had you known about those things if they were flagged in the survey, what would you have done differently? The shower and extractor fan are hardly grounds for negotiation on the price, or a big enough reason to walk away...