Surveyor - house purchase.

[snotrag]

Can anyone reccomend someone local (East of Leeds)?

I want a basic survey doing on a property - its quite modest, on the face of it all in pretty good nick but its not changed hands for quite a long time and its 30 odd years old. I am after a 2nd opinion over and above the valuation/ground searches etc.

Ta!

[benjj]

Can't help with the surveyor sadly but I did have a little 'heh' at 30 years old. I've got socks older than that and they're still fine.

Ish.

[snotrag]

Well it's older than me, and I've got a couple of patched up bits...
Think I've found someone now anyway.

[burriana]

Just one a note of caution. The basic surveys are usually a waste of time for anything other than a valuation. They probably won't even go into the loft space.

Presuming the purchase is £100k +, for the sake of a few hundred quid extra, get a full structural done for peace of mind. They may even find things that you can use to barter the price own to cover the cost of the survey.

[benjj]

Yep, Al talks sense.

I spent a couple of grand on a survey for my gaff (but it is 270 odd years old) and in the end the results gave me reason to knock £15k off the price I paid.

Scale that up or down and it still holds true.

Even if you pay £500 or so and all is well you have that peace of mind which is probably worth it.