On 21 Jul 2006 02:00:15 -0700 Little middle englander wrote :
Surely the main problem with the HCR is the lack of accountability. If
the buyer relies on a report which has errors and omissions, or is just
plain wrong who does he sue? Not the vendor nor presumably the
Inspector.

The inspector. A standard buyer-commissioned survey will always have a
clause saying that it was prepared for the client alone and the surveyor
accepts no liability to anyone else. An HIP report is prepared with the
explicit understanding that it will be relied upon by any one of a number
of prospective purchasers. Of course there will be all the usual
disclaimer clauses but where a surveyor is grossly negligent these will
not protect him.

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Tony Bryer SDA UK 'Software to build on' http://www.sda.co.uk