Issues raised on Level 3 Survey

Noneforit999

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Noneforit999 said:

TheJP said:

youth_leader said:

Do make sure your vendor is aware that they will need Do make sure you ask the seller if its ok for your survey to lift floorboards for the damp/timber survey and that you will be liable for the costs in doing so including making right carpet/floorboards..

When I booked the damp/timber survey on my buyer's behalf, they didn't mention this to me,  and when the man came he was very surprised.  Because I hadn't lifted them, he wasn't able to inspect the void/joists, the whole point of coming!  As I had victorian original floorboards I would have needed a carpenter to take them up, I had no idea how to do it.  A complete farce really, and I did pay £300 to a company often mentioned on here who do free visits.

Just tweak that first paragraph to make it factual. Also need to point out the seller can flat out refuse this request.

'Lifting floorboards' makes it sound like a doddle.

Ours are tongue and groove which means cutting them and trying to pry them up, often resulting in them breaking to bits and having to buy new ones. 

If I were a vendor and the buyer wanted to get someone in (even at their cost) so pull up my carpet, cut and pry up my floorboards and then attempt to get them back down again after and re-stretch the carpet, I wouldn't even entertain the idea. 

That being the case it would be reasonable for the vendor to adjust their offer on the basis of there being a potential high cost repair needed. It may also affect the ability of people to get a mortgage on the property.

Absolutely and they would be well within their rights to do so, the same as I would be as a vendor to decline any reduction in offer. 

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Noneforit999 said:

[Deleted User] said:

Noneforit999 said:

TheJP said:

youth_leader said:

Do make sure your vendor is aware that they will need Do make sure you ask the seller if its ok for your survey to lift floorboards for the damp/timber survey and that you will be liable for the costs in doing so including making right carpet/floorboards..

When I booked the damp/timber survey on my buyer's behalf, they didn't mention this to me,  and when the man came he was very surprised.  Because I hadn't lifted them, he wasn't able to inspect the void/joists, the whole point of coming!  As I had victorian original floorboards I would have needed a carpenter to take them up, I had no idea how to do it.  A complete farce really, and I did pay £300 to a company often mentioned on here who do free visits.

Just tweak that first paragraph to make it factual. Also need to point out the seller can flat out refuse this request.

'Lifting floorboards' makes it sound like a doddle.

Ours are tongue and groove which means cutting them and trying to pry them up, often resulting in them breaking to bits and having to buy new ones. 

If I were a vendor and the buyer wanted to get someone in (even at their cost) so pull up my carpet, cut and pry up my floorboards and then attempt to get them back down again after and re-stretch the carpet, I wouldn't even entertain the idea. 

That being the case it would be reasonable for the vendor to adjust their offer on the basis of there being a potential high cost repair needed. It may also affect the ability of people to get a mortgage on the property.

Absolutely and they would be well within their rights to do so, the same as I would be as a vendor to decline any reduction in offer. 

Yes that's how buying a house works.