Seeing as it's going to be a couple of days before we decide on a number
of things I thought I'd pick everyones brains here.

We've just had a survey done on a house we're buying (that was built in
1975) and one of the things that the mortgage company has insisted we
get done within the first 3 months is a wiring inspection + any work
necessary to bring it up to IEE standards.

Now apart from the fact that they will never check anyway (we have been
told) we'll want to come to some agreement with the seller for any extra
costs and the best option is to pay for at least an inspection now
before we go any further.

What is typically the going rate that this inspection would cost? I
believe the certificate is an additional cost too?

And under normal circumstances would a house of that age meet current
standards. One of the things that we did notice was that all the
sockets and switches seem to be originals (they were of that style and
greatly discoloured) which we'd already said we would replace if we got
the house anyway. Would they need replacing even if we weren't going to?

Thanks

Anth