On 15 Jun, 17:42, wrote:
On 15 Jun, 16:45, " wrote:

AFAIK there's nothing stopping you engaging new surveyors/engineers
until you get the opinion you want. Even to the extent of talking to
them on the phone first and describing the emphasis you want to see in
the report.

Thanks for that suggestion - I'll give that a go.

A first question is whether the building company will accept a new
survey paid for by you. Is there a salesman somewhere looking out for
his commission that would push your case?

Another question to consider is if the building company simply doesn't
want your house in p/ex and is using the "professionals" to justify
that.

I've been speaking to the sales director who's been spot on so far. He
seems very keen on keeping us. He's even suggested getting a second
engineers report.

We sold a 100 year old house a few years ago. Various buyers had
surveyors come round. One was clearly just out of college and wrote up
everything that was wrong as though it was a modern house. The walls
weren.t square, the floor was uneven (it was stone flags), etc. The
buyer was told the foundations needed underpinning! A more experienced
surveyor looked at the house and concluded that any movement was old
and not progressing and gave the place a clean bill of health for an
old property.
Get a report from a surveyor who knows about older houses. It will be
good amunition to present to whoever buys it.

John