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Because we bought a 160 year old mews house we did a basic mortgage valuation to keep the lender happy, but then paid for a proper structural survey to detail everything wrong, and estimated costs to put right. This then enabled us to bargain 40K off the price, and we're now in the process of spending that on fixing those problems. No nasty surprises and a lot of reassuring things, and enormously helpful.