Buyers
often use faults revealed to renegotiate the price
which can more than make up for the extra costs.
The basic survey
may be offered as a package with the valuation and called
various things by the different mortgage
lenders eg the "Flatbuyers survey"
or the "Housebuyers Report" and so on.
Even if it's not offered as a package try to get the
valuer to do a basic survey at the same time as
this may be cheaper.
Full Structural Survey
from
£450 for a standard size
A
Full
Structural Survey can cost four or five times
as much as a basic survey i.e. £800 upwards - though
shop around as costs will vary.
Asking the mortgage
lenders' valuers to quote you for doing the Full Structural
Survey could be cheaper than arranging it independently.
If so, make sure that you - and not the lender - will own
the Full Structural Survey. (They will own the valuation)
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