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I haven't bought loads of houses but my attitude to surveys is "yeah but so so what?"
I've had two non money pits and one money pit, so far. Surveys didn't really move things either way.
I'd agree - I work somewhat within this industry and so am aware at how limited they can be. I couldn't see any visible cracks or anything obviously wrong when we bought, so went for the bank's desktop/automated valuation and asked a builder mate to have a look around on the second viewing.
pifko
I haven't bought loads of houses but my attitude to surveys is "yeah but so so what?"
If it's a Victorian era or older house it will have a shit load of things wrong with it. The kind of faults that would make a deal fall through tend to be fairly obvious, and if so either you are getting the place cheap or it has some unique characteristic that you really want.
I've had two non money pits and one money pit, so far. Surveys didn't really move things either way.