Serious Q: This is a 9-10 year old property on an established housing estate (on which we live!).
I'm musing to myself WHAT is the likelihood that the less than detailed survey will throw up anything that might cause us to walk away from the as yet unsigned deal? The odd cosmetic thing that in a normal market you might use to re-negotiate the price in one's favour won't apply as the vendors have had buyers knocking down the doors and we've gone in over the asking price as it is!
Other thing is we think they sellers might pull out of the deal once they realise how hard it is to buy around here even though we've given them 3 months- (gotta get in on the day a property is advertised with an offer!- desirable catchment) so I'm even more loathe to spend £500!
I KNOW many will say don't THINK about not getting a HBR done but how much use are they anyway in a court of law when I say- 'YOU missed the rising damp' and they say 'It was behind a bookcase and our terms and conditions state that unless it jumps out and slaps us we're entitled to overlook it!'
Bear in mind the HBR's scope is: (Q)
"It doesn?t detail every aspect of the property, and only focuses on urgent matters needing attention".