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Also interested in survey costings.
I'm about to buy a place and it's a bit run down so I want at least something that's going to tell me if the damn thing is going to fall down, and if it is, how much it's likely to cost to repair (so I can get the seller to knock it off his price).
Any advice is good
ReekBlefs-
Here's a fee table for Homebuyers surveys through Nationwide:
http://www.nationwide.co.uk/support/support-articles/rates-fees-charges/mortgage-fees-and-charges/initial-fees#xtab:twistyitem1 -
Could be wrong but I don't think any of the standard surveys are going to give you any indication of costs to fix or make good any problems identified. You're sort of left to pursue answers to any questions posited by the survey yourself (or via your solicitors if more appropriate).
Just generally the surveys tend to be pretty negative so don't expect your seller to be amazingly sympathetic to all the issues raised (within reason, obviously!). For example, the outlet for the central heating flue in my place was missing the metal cage thing which goes over it (about £5 to replace on eBay), this was red flagged and rated as a "risk to persons".
pifko
dwl
How much should a survey cost to have a look at a crack in the wall that's appeared in our flat and the flat above? What other work would they do apart from visual inspection?