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The Importance of getting a Home Survey

The RICS have produced the following video which highlights the importance of getting a Home Survey.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTlJV8z2aM0   The Types of Survey:   Survey level one: RICS Condition Report Shows the condition of the property, offers guidance to legal advisors and highlights any urgent defects. Typically the lowest priced of the surveys, it is…

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Happy New Year!

A belated Happy New Year to all clients, past present and future. 2015 was our busiest year to date and we carried out a record number of Surveys and Valuations. Emma has provided first class support and excellent customer service and Rebecca has been kept busy with typing Building Surveys and HomeBuyer Reports. The property…

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2015 So Far

The lack of recent posts on our website reflects the fact that we have been busy, really busy. It is a sellers market in Bath and Bristol and many of the Surveys we carry out are on properties which have received multiple offers and have sold within days. Clearly prices have risen strongly in the…

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Fair Fee Levels

We were recently asked why our fee for a Building Survey was so much cheaper than that quoted by a mortgage lender. By way of an example take a recent client who recently paid their mortage lender close to £1000 for a HomeBuyer Report on an albeit large property in Bristol. After VAT, administration charges…