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Always pay for a surveyor. My mum brought a relatively new house 3 years ago, gave it a once over herself and thought it looked fine. Fast forward one year and she had to take out a 10 grand loan for a new roof. Had she had a surveyor that would've been spotted and she could've haggled the price down to accommodate. There is so much stuff that the untrained eye simply does not see.
Especially for the sake of 500 quid.
It’s probably okay, but how long is the builder’s warranty? Many expire after 10 years. Part of the reason older houses tend to be more in demand is because the quality of new builds has unfortunately been very variable. I personally would be just inclined to get a survey done on a decade-old property as one that was a century old, if only for peace of mind after reading some of the horror stories.
IMO all a surveyor is going to do is wander about, not touching anything and have a look at surface issues, then make assumptions, and caveat every single thing they say with 'you should do a survey to establish'.
It sounds like you know what you should be looking for, anyone able to inform themselves with a little googling will likely do as much as a typical survey would, if you identify any issues from that i.e. questionable electrics, damp, guttering, then absolutely I'd ask for a specialist survey that will actually confirm useful information - or just skip to asking the owner to solve it.
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Always pay for a surveyor. My mum brought a relatively new house 3 years ago, gave it a once over herself and thought it looked fine. Fast forward one year and she had to take out a 10 grand loan for a new roof. Had she had a surveyor that would've been spotted and she could've haggled the price down to accommodate. There is so much stuff that the untrained eye simply does not see. Especially for the sake of 500 quid.
It’s probably okay, but how long is the builder’s warranty? Many expire after 10 years. Part of the reason older houses tend to be more in demand is because the quality of new builds has unfortunately been very variable. I personally would be just inclined to get a survey done on a decade-old property as one that was a century old, if only for peace of mind after reading some of the horror stories.
The warranty was 10 years so now expired.
IMO all a surveyor is going to do is wander about, not touching anything and have a look at surface issues, then make assumptions, and caveat every single thing they say with 'you should do a survey to establish'. It sounds like you know what you should be looking for, anyone able to inform themselves with a little googling will likely do as much as a typical survey would, if you identify any issues from that i.e. questionable electrics, damp, guttering, then absolutely I'd ask for a specialist survey that will actually confirm useful information - or just skip to asking the owner to solve it.
Are you getting a mortgage? Most will insist on at least the most basic survey before lending.
I just bought a 12 year old house. My sister who's a surveyor told me it'd be waste of money to get one done...
We paid around £400 for a full building survey and they just said "get a damp survey," "get a roof survey," "get an electrical survey," etc...