Earl Kella wrote:
Maybe I am being too cautious but I need to know if my surveyor did an
accurate job by not mentioning any probs with the conversion. We did not
get indemnity insurance when we purchased.

There may not be any structural problems with the conversion (apparent
within the remit of a survey) so your surveyor might not be at fault
(within the usual get-out clauses most surveyors put in their surveys).

Can I get indemnity insurance now, then pay a structural engineer to come
round and have a look, then claim on the insurance if it needs updating?

No, you need to get the surveyor to confirm there is nothing wrong with
the conversion then get the insurer to insure against the risk of legal
action. The insurance covers the risk of legal action, not the risk of
the thing collapsing.

Owain