home buyer survey- is it enough?

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I know that most people dont get a full structural survey before buying, and dont particularly want to spend more money on fees than we have to.

The house we are looking to buy is about 200 years old and has been extended several decades ago. It seems to have been well maintained, and there are no obvious problems. We are not planning any building work/ renovation.

Should we go for a full structural, or would the home buyer survey pick up anything major or of concern?

I'd go for a full structural. By the time you have paid out for further investigations of all the caveats(not checked wiring, plumbing etc but may be of an age to replace etc) you might as well have done it in the first place. Remember a home buyers' is uprimarily for valuation purposes for the lender not for potential maintenance costs and will often only throw up the most pressing flaws.

I would probably go for a full structural

200 year old house - full structural, definitely.