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My surveyor missed very rotten floor joists. A rant on surveys.

lifeofbrian2015 · 2022-11-19 02:50:23

I had a level 3 building survey done on the property I now own. When it was surveyed it had bare floors throughout. After purchasing the house I noticed in the living room the floor was sinking when standing on it in one corner so I took a screwed floorboard up in that corner to find I could crumble the joists in my hand.…

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diystarter7 Posts: 5,202 Forumite

21 November 2022 at 2:07PM

BigBoss said:

I've had a L3 survey done recently and I can't praise the surveyor enough for his report. He was also kind enough to take further questioning.

Thanks. Like anything/service, it's only as good as the person/s completing/doing it. Some are more helpful than others.

In the Op's case, most of us can get caught out like this as it's not every day we buy a property and you learn at times via good or poor experience.

We can all get caught out and I've found reading about other peoples suggestions, experiences that are positive and negative both helpful

Good luck, OP

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