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Property Surveyors. 14:48 - Oct 29 with 799 viewsStochesStotasBlewe

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 795 viewsWeekender

Where is it?

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Property Surveyors. on 14:52 - Oct 29 with 785 viewsStokieBlue

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 736 viewsStochesStotasBlewe

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 725 viewsUB9Blue

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
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Property Surveyors. on 15:18 - Oct 29 with 708 viewsWeekender

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 697 viewsfactual_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 686 viewsRyorry

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 679 viewsclive_baker

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Property Surveyors. on 15:37 - Oct 29 with 654 viewsWeekender

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 645 viewsRyorry

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 585 viewsusm

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 574 viewsuefacup81

PM-ed you regarding my firm.

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Property Surveyors. on 17:07 - Oct 29 with 566 viewsuefacup81

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.
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Property Surveyors. on 17:16 - Oct 29 with 550 viewsWeekender

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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