32 Frederick Street
16 Building Survey Report
Comments supplied by Robin Mewes, Residential Surveyor & Valuer, Allied Surveyors.
The most detailed report and consequently the most expensive. At a cost of say £700 (plus VAT) on 32 Frederick Street the client will want to see real advantage if choosing this report rather than an HSV. There were a number of faults at this property which, in hindsight, justify closer attention than that normally afforded through HSV inspection; but when discussing options with the client most of these would be unknown. In practice, faced with the prospect of surveying a normal but ‘scruffy’ late Victorian terraced house of modest size, I would recommend the Building Survey as the best report, but indicate to my client that most purchasers would normally have the less expensive HSV. It helps clients enormously if you talk over the basic differences, but they should also be referred to the guidance produced by the RICS and supplied with the detailed terms of engagement, before they decide.
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