Home Building Survey

Before buying a property, it’s a good idea to get a professional to carry out an inspection. Their inspection (often called a ‘survey’) can tell you if there are:

• problems with the property’s structure
  
• repairs or alterations that need to be made 
  
• risks associated with the property

If your property survey uncovers any of these problems, you can consider things like whether to:

• buy the property
  
• negotiate a new price with the seller
  
• ask the seller to fix the problems before you buy 

There’s also benefit in getting a survey before you sell, to alert you to any issues that might affect the sale of the property.

Any home owner considering a house extension and employs their own home extension designer will need a home building survey which is usually completed by the designer employed.

Sometimes the home extension designer will outsource this role to a surveyor if the project is very large or unusually complicated but this is usually rare for a domestic home extension. 

NOTE - These are general discussion articles only.