Essential Guide to Buying a House
Getting Your House Surveyed Back to Guide
The mortgage company will survey your home - they do a basic survey to check that the house is worth what you are paying for it.
At the same time you should pay for a survey to check that there are no major structural problems or other issues.
Types of House Survey:
Basic house survey - checking that the house is worth what you are paying
Medium level (normally called home buyers). This does a fairly thorough check and will highlight if there are any key issues. After taking this out and it comes back with lots of problems such as subsidence or damp you may want to take out a full structural survey (approx £300- £400)
Full structural survey - this is the most thorough survey and is worth taking first time if you can see evidence of problems or if you are buying a very old house. (£900- £1100)
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