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Fine, but back in the real world, if your price chip request is backed up by an opinion from a known quantity that has seen many properties of similar construction in the local area, you are going to have more success.
No - the defining factors for success are entirely down to buyer's and seller's position. That the information came from '25 years somehow doing the same boring shit job in Ealing Steve' or 'Ken from Putney, chartered four years ago' makes it neither here nor there - both are chartered in this made up scenario, both are equally capable. Ken's hands are free because he doesn't drink at the same pub as Bob the EA who has to unpick the mess the buyer makes when they try to drop their offer based on the waffle that Steve produced (whilst missing the fact that the roof was totally fucked).
Howard-
defining factors for success are entirely down to buyer's and seller's position
The seller’s position tends to change if a credible source tells them that there are genuine issues with the property.
We can go round in circles here indefinitely, but really & truly my experience when buying either resi or CRE is that the trusted local surveyor is someone you want on your side.
NickCJ
Fine, but back in the real world, if your price chip request is backed up by an opinion from a known quantity that has seen many properties of similar construction in the local area, you are going to have more success.