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Sharkstar-
Yeah there's that too. They'll have generic templates for all the different types and classes of properties then it's a case of removing the stuff that's not applicable and adding in anything not covered. Can't really hold that against them, it's an efficient way of doing the written report.
What did annoy me was that none of them could offer any differentiation over the others, their sales patter was literally "I'm qualified, I'm available". I asked one who charged a hefty amount about whether he could provide references or testimonials and I received this as a response:
Most estate agents in Ealing including Sinton Andrews and Grimshaws Know me well , operating in West London over the last 25 years or so.
How persuasive.
Howard
My immediate reactions to the reports of full buildings surveys that have been shared with me was more or less this to be honest.
If you knew very little about buildings or couldn't practically see the building yourslelf, then sure, maybe they are quite useful. If you are are on your second or third property and you gave a good idea of what you are actually buying, I got the impression that they couldn't really help you, and would take longer to produce, contain more words, be harder to schedule, and cost three times the amount but provide pretty much equivalent value for the purpose, i.e. having a disinterested party eyeball the place and to large extent confirm what you had already identified and your expectations of a building that's x years old.
It's an interesting game, sure.