On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 16:52:34 +0100, Richard Faulkner wrote:

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Richard Faulkner writes:

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It's not dissimilar to the car market really,

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.

I have been saying this ever since it was first mooted. There is nothing
to stop a seller with a dodgy house bribing a surveyor, or merely having
several surveys and picking the best one.

I think it will be similar with the specialist surveys:

Electrician: You can't have a 'tificate it's not good enough.
It's going to to take 3k to bring up to scratch.
Householder: You're the second bloke who's said that. Is it possible to
make some sort of compromise?
Electrician: Well if I replace that cracked socket and the duff light
switch. Make out a ticket. That'll be a grand.
Houseolder: £900 for cash?
Electrican: It's a deal.







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