Can you make a claim against the seller if the house you buy turns out to have serious defects?
Get A Professional Home Survey Assessment The Strange Case of the Buyers Who Claimed £36m Compensation for Moth Infestation In a recent legal case a couple who in 2019 paid £32.5 million for a seven bedroom Victorian house in London’s Notting...
How To Make Sense of Your Survey
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Why it’s important to check your property’s EPC rating – Energy Performance Certificate
Get A Professional Home Survey Assessment Property Tips by Chartered Surveyor Ian Rock FRICS – from the Haynes House Manual series Have you checked your home’s EPC rating? Anyone planning to sell or let a property must by law get it...
What happens if your property is ‘downvalued’ by the mortgage lender?
Get A Professional Home Survey Assessment Property Tips by Chartered Surveyor Ian Rock FRICS – from the Haynes House Manual series What can you do if your mortgage valuation comes in lower than the agreed sale price? Surveyors carrying out mortgage...Save money by cutting out the banks
By arranging your home survey directly online - rather than via a mortgage lender - you can save the large chunk of the survey fee that the banks normally keep. They may still want to instruct a valuer to carry out their mortgage valuation, but don’t let them try to sell you an expensive Homebuyer or Building Survey from one of the large, target-driven, corporate firms on their 'panel'.
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