We are in the process of buying a standard 3 bed house, built in the 60s. Our mortgage offer took about 2 months to come through, but they have stated in the offer letter that no physical valuation survey took place.
My dilemma is now whether to get a survey done independently. My head tells me this is the sensible thing to do. However I worry, after the delay in getting the mortgage offer through, I don’t want to hold up proceedings if it takes a while to get a survey booked. We are selling our current home and I know our buyer is keen to move, and we are keen to move quickly too.
When I have asked people I know, replies have been split over the need to get a survey done. On one hand, it’s a solid house; the vendor was up front with some issues when we viewed the house (boiler and wiring old but still working, for example), but on the other I don’t want to take the easy route now and pay for it later.
Any thoughts?
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Should we get a survey?
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Mariposa123 · 05/09/2020 21:50
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