Surveyor or Structural Engineer?
Discussion
Hi Everyone,
I'm looking at buying a 1930s terrace that needs some work doing (started a couple of threads previously about various other aspects), and as I would want to do some fairly significant structural work if I bought the place (it would be a deal breaker if I couldn't), I wanted to make sure before I put in a serious offer that I could do the works (move a load bearing wall, remove one chimney breast and re-instate another).
Would I need a structural engineer to tell me definitively if this would be possible, or could a surveyor tell me that. I'm thinking a structural Engineer would be needed before any works started to calculate beams etc, so thinking to save double costs if possible.
What does the PH massive think?
Cheers,
Fatboy
I'm looking at buying a 1930s terrace that needs some work doing (started a couple of threads previously about various other aspects), and as I would want to do some fairly significant structural work if I bought the place (it would be a deal breaker if I couldn't), I wanted to make sure before I put in a serious offer that I could do the works (move a load bearing wall, remove one chimney breast and re-instate another).
Would I need a structural engineer to tell me definitively if this would be possible, or could a surveyor tell me that. I'm thinking a structural Engineer would be needed before any works started to calculate beams etc, so thinking to save double costs if possible.
What does the PH massive think?
Cheers,
Fatboy
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