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Agree with this. The report pointed out some useful but not too urgent stuff that I wouldn't have picked up about air bricks, damp proof courses, type of plaster used, etc but the chat afterwards was really useful and I spoke to him afterwards a couple of times to get his unofficial opinion on a couple of things that came up during conveyancing.
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For what it's worth my full survey was massively, massively useful and let me know about tonnes of things I would never have found out otherwise. Same guy uncovered issues with other properties that meant more than one friend avoided buying an absolute dud.
The most useful bit by far, was the 3 hours or so he spent talking me through the report, rather than the report itself. Unsurprisingly, even a good surveyor has to arse-cover a bit in writing (arses need covering) - but verbally he was willing to be a million times more specific.
I would not get another survey without making sure I can talk it through with the surveyor afterwards...