How often do you spend tens or hundreds of thousands of pounds on a single item? This is a massive amount of REAL money!
And how often do you buy a single item that might, potentially, be riddled with very expensive problems which a trained eye would have spotted? – Not very often!
So, what’s the best thing to do? – say to yourself “it looks OK to me” and risk buying without a survey, only to discover when you move in that your new home has a major problem.
Or maybe you rely on your mortgage valuation (a fatal mistake – it’s NOT A SURVEY!)
or do you invest a tiny fraction of its value on a professional survey which would give you peace of mind and, possibly, save you many thousands of pounds?

Many sales hit problems and sometimes even fall through when defects are found during the later stages of the sales process. And, more often than not, this then leads to the agreed price having to be re-negotiated downwards to reflect the cost of repairs! This situation can be avoided by finding out whether there are any defects in your property BEFORE you sell it. You then make it clear to your purchaser that the property is priced to reflect any repairs so they can’t then come back later and demand a price reduction.