Buying a House: What Type of Survey?

[vetran]

Full, BUT... don't panic about everything it finds. You're buying an old building. Expect it not to be perfect.

+1

[WTFH]

Full, BUT... don't panic about everything it finds. You're buying an old building. Expect it not to be perfect.

[Gumbo Robot]

Full it is then

Just hope my buyer isn't so diligent.

Local quarry is a little too close for comfort these days & I'm sure it's got something to do with the cracks in the plaster

[MicrosoftBob]

Full.
A Homebuyer's survey will come back and list everything that could be wrong with an old building without being too specific and against each point it will say "this could be confirmed with a more detailed survey"

In other words as much use as a Tory promise to abolish IR35

[WTFH]

Full.
A Homebuyer's survey will come back and list everything that could be wrong with an old building without being too specific and against each point it will say "this could be confirmed with a more detailed survey"

[AtW]

I say he takes off and nukes whole site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...

[MarillionFan]

The basic one? Homebuyer's Report or full structural?

I'm buying a renovated blacksmiths - about 200 years old. Never been lived in

Full + National Trust and English Heritage Surveys.

[northernladuk]

Not necessarily.

It was formerly a derelict building and has been completely renovated so I'd imagine the developer had some kind of structural survey done in the first instance.

Unfortunately I don't have the luxury to delve into that because my application has to be in Monday to have a realistic chance of getting the nod before my current contract ends. And they need to know what type of Survey I'm going to have.

Yes you do... Because of the bolder items above. You've no idea how good the work he's done is and the best way to cover up problems with with a renovation.

[Gumbo Robot]

He already knows the answer.

Not necessarily.

It was formerly a derelict building and has been completely renovated so I'd imagine the developer had some kind of structural survey done in the first instance.

Unfortunately I don't have the luxury to delve into that because my application has to be in Monday to have a realistic chance of getting the nod before my current contract ends. And they need to know what type of Survey I'm going to have.

[northernladuk]

He already knows the answer.

[Intel]

The basic one? Homebuyer's Report or full structural?

I'm buying a renovated blacksmiths - about 200 years old. Never been lived in

Full. I recently had to pull out of buying a Grade II listed house that was about 240 years old after the full survey picked up previous repairs to the gable end and roof structures that turned out to be due to subsidence, fixed about 30 years ago. Missed entirely by the separate mortgage lending survey.

The difference in this case was about 100 grand in eventual resale value and £1000 a year in buildings insurance to satisfy the mortgage lender. Well worth the 900 I spent on a specialist listed buildings surveyor.

Why would you try to save a couple of hundred quid when you're spending the most you're likely to do in your life?

[Troll]

The basic one? Homebuyer's Report or full structural?

I'm buying a renovated blacksmiths - about 200 years old. Never been lived in

Full

[Gumbo Robot]

The basic one? Homebuyer's Report or full structural?

I'm buying a renovated blacksmiths - about 200 years old. Never been lived in