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Is a survey totally necessary?
jcdel
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9 flats in a converted school.Conversion work carried in 1970.Would the basic survey find anything that we can't already see considering our past experience of the last two failed purchases.The building is sound,lower ground just been purchased and a management company has been formed for communal repairs. Thanks to all:rolleyes:
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9 flats in a converted school.Conversion work carried in 1970.Would the basic survey find anything that we can't already see considering our past experience of the last two failed purchases.The building is sound,lower ground just been purchased and a management company has been formed for communal repairs. Thanks to all:rolleyes:
Probably no. But you pays yer money and you takes yer chance! They might spot something with their experienced eye but this has to be weighed against the cost. Your choice.
Of course, if a mortgage is involved then you must pay for a valuation.
terryw"If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools"
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Surveys often pay for themselves because they can be used to renegotiate when you get nasty surpises. If you know about buildings then they very often just state the obvious, but for a property of that age, I'd be interested to see what the report said.
1970s conversion though (shudders). Go when upstairs might be in and make sure the TV etc is off. Soundproofing is non-existant in many older conversions. Hopefully a school will have something more solid than the norm, but it's worth checking.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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