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Hah, yeah. True. At least building control looks after that for them.
Both freeholders and external surveyors are so far away from what was actually done in the build that they would be a bit mad to happily put their name to it I'd have thought.
Or they have really great insurance... oh wait :(
Out of interest.. and this goes out to anyone on this thread: RICS - I've had experience of them, or at least a certified professional. Was not impressed really and now this - are they mad?
I think the TL;DR of it is that nobody is dumb enough to certify the safety of a building they didn't design or build.