Q&A: to survey or not to survey?
As a buyer, do you need to carry out a building survey and /orhome buyer survey and valuation for a ground floor flat of which the Local Authority is the freeholder? Please advise.
Nick Leeming, our property guru suggests:
This depends on the wording of their responsibilities as freeholder and whether you trust them to comply with them! It would be brave to move into any building that is likely to suffer from major structural problems such as roof, walls or foundations as any problems in these areasr may cause you inconvenience, particularly when remedial work is being carried out. You might sleep better if you have had a survey carried out while your Building Society may insist on it.
