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Yeah this. Surveyors write reports in a way that prevents them from being liable for anything.
Lots of "may need" and "might do maybe".@ExTra buying your first house is nerve wracking for sure, we stressed our first place getting flooded as it was on some sort of flood something, but we prob over worried seeing as it was 3 floors up.
Deep breath all will be fine. You will have to replace some things.
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To be fair surveyors have a lot to answer for
I got to a point where I felt the whole RICS thing is a total racket.
chrisbmx116
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To be fair surveyors have a lot to answer for, filling their reports with scary boilerplate about how everything might need replacing. This tends to put the willies up people who are about to spend more money than they ever have in their life on something that could ruin them.
It's easy to be a bit nonchalant about it when you've bought a few houses and presumably now have the means to spend £k on them after purchase.