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Andy Hall writes:

is there always a wirinjg inspection when a domestic property changes hands ?

Generally only if the purchaser pays for a "full survey" or electrical

In my experience, no wiring inspection is performed in the case
of a "full survey". Indeed, the state of all services is explicitly
excluded from a full survey. If the surveyor happens to notice
something extremely obvious like a bit of rubber wire with the
insulation all fallen off, you _might_ just get a comment along
the lines of "Some deteroration to the wiring was noticed in the
loft, and we would recommend that you engage a speciallist company
to carry out a more detailed inspection".

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Andrew Gabriel