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Survey Before Buying.
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Grizebeck said:user1977 said:pjs493 said:user1977 said:pjs493 said:propertyrental said:Adding 'subject to survey' neither adds nor detracts anything legally. ALL offers are subject to a host of conditions - why not add 'subject to searches' since searches are always done and might cause a buyer to withdraw. Or 'subject to Enquiries'? Or subject to mortgage application'?No contract is binding till Exchange - before that there's no legal commitment on either side as to either purchasing, or as to the price.But I agree - buyers who add 'subject to survey' are either naive FTBs who think it protects them in some way, or are pointlessly declaring that they are the type of buyer who will leap at the slightest issue highlighted in the survey and demand a price reduction.
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Bigphil1474 said:OP, have you asked if you can get a copy of any previous surveys? Might save you a few quid. Some people sell them on at a reduced price or give them away. We got a copy of the survey from our first buyer who pulled out. Helped us get a few things done, but he gave it for free.0
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TheJP said:Bigphil1474 said:OP, have you asked if you can get a copy of any previous surveys? Might save you a few quid. Some people sell them on at a reduced price or give them away. We got a copy of the survey from our first buyer who pulled out. Helped us get a few things done, but he gave it for free.0
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I called the EA yesterday and offered to pay for a Survey with my own money and the seller has refused that too. The house has been empty for over a year, I have stated that I would not try and amend the offer depending on the findings and the seller has today refused this with no reason. I have walked away from the property.1
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Bigphil1474 said:TheJP said:Bigphil1474 said:OP, have you asked if you can get a copy of any previous surveys? Might save you a few quid. Some people sell them on at a reduced price or give them away. We got a copy of the survey from our first buyer who pulled out. Helped us get a few things done, but he gave it for free.0
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fatboydaz said:I called the EA yesterday and offered to pay for a Survey with my own money and the seller has refused that too. The house has been empty for over a year, I have stated that I would not try and amend the offer depending on the findings and the seller has today refused this with no reason. I have walked away from the property.0
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TheJP said:Bigphil1474 said:TheJP said:Bigphil1474 said:OP, have you asked if you can get a copy of any previous surveys? Might save you a few quid. Some people sell them on at a reduced price or give them away. We got a copy of the survey from our first buyer who pulled out. Helped us get a few things done, but he gave it for free.0
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fatboydaz said:I called the EA yesterday and offered to pay for a Survey with my own money and the seller has refused that too. The house has been empty for over a year, I have stated that I would not try and amend the offer depending on the findings and the seller has today refused this with no reason. I have walked away from the property.
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Bigphil1474 said:TheJP said:Bigphil1474 said:TheJP said:Bigphil1474 said:OP, have you asked if you can get a copy of any previous surveys? Might save you a few quid. Some people sell them on at a reduced price or give them away. We got a copy of the survey from our first buyer who pulled out. Helped us get a few things done, but he gave it for free.
- Making an offer with a subject to survey as a condition is pointless unless you add it to the contract (never happens)
- Sellers rarely have access to a survey on their property, even if the sale falls through.
- Previous buyers survey doesn't protect you nor guarantee the work.
- OP has also said survey wont change the price yet has pulled out of the sale due to not being able to have a survey.
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