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Huge wrote:
Indeed. And when I buy a car, I don't believe a single word the vendor
tells me - And I'm the same with houses. Never in a million years am I
going to trust a survey performed by the vendor.

The vendor of my present house had a recent report from one of those
woodwork/damp treatment firms stating no work was needed. I found wet rot
easily in the cellar on my own inspection.

I got several free surveys from specialist firms - including the original
one who said nothing was needed, which all specified a series of works.
So draw your own conclusions.

(At that time, most BS required a warranty against woodwork problems and
damp etc to be in force for at least 10 years.)

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