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Yeah. Isn't the problem here that they can't do anything invasive, so they can't really tell you anything you couldn't spot with a keen eye?
Howard-
You may be right, but I’m not confident I’d be able to spot the difference between natural house settling cracks and subsidence cracks. I’m working on the assumption a professional could.
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The place we looked at before we bought our current gaff had a little hole in the corner of the master bedroom, our surveyor/building inspector went at it with a screwdriver and brought the whole corner of the room out... Rotten with termite damage that had been painted over... I wouldn't have minded but we knew the sellers, they then had the cheek to have a go at us because they had to repair the damage... Inspector told us to run away from it... It eventually sold six months later for $50k less than the asking price... Builder bought it, he'll fix it up and flip it...
I couldn't imagine not getting a survey...
chrisbmx116
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Structural Surveyors, E17 area, and recommendations? Quite a few folks have told me not to bother and that the usual survey is enough but I dont fancy risking it...