| Property Surveyors. 14:48 - Oct 29 with 800 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
How much should we expect to pay for a full survey on a Grade 2 listed cottage and can anyone recommend a good one.
PM me if not wanting to put names on here. Thanks in advance. |  |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| Property Surveyors. on 14:50 - Oct 29 with 796 views | Weekender |
Where is it? |  |
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| Property Surveyors. on 14:52 - Oct 29 with 786 views | StokieBlue |
Not an expert but I would think 1500+ not including any specific further surveys that might be cited as required (damp for instance).
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| Property Surveyors. on 15:10 - Oct 29 with 737 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| Property Surveyors. on 14:50 - Oct 29 by Weekender |
Where is it? |
Mid Suffolk countryside. Don't want to name the village in question. | |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| Property Surveyors. on 15:13 - Oct 29 with 726 views | UB9Blue |
| Property Surveyors. on 15:10 - Oct 29 by StochesStotasBlewe |
Mid Suffolk countryside. Don't want to name the village in question. |
I paid just under £1000 for one in Woodbridge about 4 years back |  | | |
| Property Surveyors. on 15:18 - Oct 29 with 709 views | Weekender |
| Property Surveyors. on 15:10 - Oct 29 by StochesStotasBlewe |
Mid Suffolk countryside. Don't want to name the village in question. |
If its of 'standard construction' then £1500 but if something quirky or old then a bit more for something specialist.
Generally my advice is to make sure you get something worth having, a cheap option tends to be a false economy. Make sure the surveyor is experienced with the type of building and ask for example surveys they have done. | |
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| Property Surveyors. on 15:20 - Oct 29 with 698 views | factual_blue |
| Property Surveyors. on 15:13 - Oct 29 by UB9Blue |
I paid just under £1000 for one in Woodbridge about 4 years back |
From Curbishley and Ham Chartered Surveyors presumably? |  |
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| Property Surveyors. on 15:27 - Oct 29 with 687 views | Ryorry |
Have had several full structural surveys on potential properties to buy in my lifetime. Every single one without exception wasn't worth the paper it was written on, noticing the "attractive wrought iron garden gate" whilst failing to look up and observe the bulging ceiling (which I did notice) for instance.
As they're limited in what they can move/lift & often use that as a get-out, maybe do what my ex did - get a friend who's in building trade to come & cast their eye round. That one got out his (1980s) car key & surreptitiously slid it into the skirting board of low down of ground-floor flat - went through like a knife through butter, wet rot. |  |
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| Property Surveyors. on 15:27 - Oct 29 with 680 views | clive_baker |
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| Property Surveyors. on 15:37 - Oct 29 with 655 views | Weekender |
| Property Surveyors. on 15:27 - Oct 29 by Ryorry |
Have had several full structural surveys on potential properties to buy in my lifetime. Every single one without exception wasn't worth the paper it was written on, noticing the "attractive wrought iron garden gate" whilst failing to look up and observe the bulging ceiling (which I did notice) for instance.
As they're limited in what they can move/lift & often use that as a get-out, maybe do what my ex did - get a friend who's in building trade to come & cast their eye round. That one got out his (1980s) car key & surreptitiously slid it into the skirting board of low down of ground-floor flat - went through like a knife through butter, wet rot. |
This happens and there's a real variation in quality with surveys. Surveys are one of the top two reasons for complaints to the RICS.
Do you due diligence on the surveyor you are instructing. | |
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| Property Surveyors. on 15:44 - Oct 29 with 646 views | Ryorry |
| Property Surveyors. on 15:37 - Oct 29 by Weekender |
This happens and there's a real variation in quality with surveys. Surveys are one of the top two reasons for complaints to the RICS.
Do you due diligence on the surveyor you are instructing. |
The ones we used had all the qualifications, memberships of institutes, recommendations etc - they were still useless (worse than useless actually, gave a false sense of confidence). | |
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| Property Surveyors. on 17:00 - Oct 29 with 586 views | usm |
| Property Surveyors. on 15:27 - Oct 29 by Ryorry |
Have had several full structural surveys on potential properties to buy in my lifetime. Every single one without exception wasn't worth the paper it was written on, noticing the "attractive wrought iron garden gate" whilst failing to look up and observe the bulging ceiling (which I did notice) for instance.
As they're limited in what they can move/lift & often use that as a get-out, maybe do what my ex did - get a friend who's in building trade to come & cast their eye round. That one got out his (1980s) car key & surreptitiously slid it into the skirting board of low down of ground-floor flat - went through like a knife through butter, wet rot. |
Yep Im with Ryorry on this. Ours was about 15 pages long, full of nothing. They did tell us most rooms were in need of decorating!!! Didnt tell us anything about the structure of the place that I could not see with my own eyes. Their excuse being that they could not get access due to furniture etc being in the way and/or the possibility of causing damage. Complete waste of £1,500. |  |
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| Property Surveyors. on 17:04 - Oct 29 with 575 views | uefacup81 |
PM-ed you regarding my firm. |  |
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| Property Surveyors. on 17:07 - Oct 29 with 567 views | uefacup81 |
| Property Surveyors. on 17:00 - Oct 29 by usm |
Yep Im with Ryorry on this. Ours was about 15 pages long, full of nothing. They did tell us most rooms were in need of decorating!!! Didnt tell us anything about the structure of the place that I could not see with my own eyes. Their excuse being that they could not get access due to furniture etc being in the way and/or the possibility of causing damage. Complete waste of £1,500. |
All depends on the firm/surveyor. Make sure you ask them to send you sample copies as well.
I'd advise against getting an RICS Building Survey, and go with a firm who produce their own in-house Building Survey. It'll have all the content of an RICS Building Survey (they're both 'Level 3') but tend to be far more detailed. The ones we produce usually tend to run to 50-100 pages or more, depending on the size of the property and the issues encountered. [Post edited 29 Oct 2020 17:08]
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| Property Surveyors. on 17:16 - Oct 29 with 551 views | Weekender |
| Property Surveyors. on 17:00 - Oct 29 by usm |
Yep Im with Ryorry on this. Ours was about 15 pages long, full of nothing. They did tell us most rooms were in need of decorating!!! Didnt tell us anything about the structure of the place that I could not see with my own eyes. Their excuse being that they could not get access due to furniture etc being in the way and/or the possibility of causing damage. Complete waste of £1,500. |
I hear this criticism a lot and I agree its a problem. Hiding behind caveats is no use.
So many surveys are based on templates to speed the process up but that makes you lazy as a surveyor.
When I do surveys the report is written from scratch, bespoke and property specific. We always comment on structure, foundations, fabric condition, plumbing and heating systems, electrical, defects, boundaries, grounds and outbuildings, drainage... there's a lot you can diagnose without having to open the structure up. We include a separate schedule of defects with a comment on urgency and an estimate cost which can be a tool for price negotiation if the purchaser wishes to use it that way.
We go belt and braces which often means 2 surveyors on site for 4-5 hours and then a fair amount of time in the office. Most people don't want this cost (£3k+) however so the market adjusts by offering a product that is quicker to produce and cheaper but of limited value. | |
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