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Arranging access for house survey

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  • 09-02-2019 8:54am
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    complicit
    Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭


    When I have bought houses before in England, the surveyor always contacted the estate agents directly to make arrangements. I have been asked by my surveyor in Ireland to contact the Auctioneers myself to arrange access. Is this how business is routinely carried out? It seems very backward.


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    heebusjeebus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,783 ✭✭✭heebusjeebus


    complicit wrote: »
    When I have bought houses before in England, the surveyor always contacted the estate agents directly to make arrangements. I have been asked by my surveyor in Ireland to contact the Auctioneers myself to arrange access. Is this how business is routinely carried out? It seems very backward.

    Seems very lazy on their part.
    Both times I've bought, I used different surveyors and only needed to give the EA details to the surveyor. The surveyor will arrange the time and date with the EA then.


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    Goose76
    Registered Users Posts: 252 ✭✭Goose76


    Same as above for me. All arrangements were done via the estate agent and engineer and we were just contacted when the survey was done so we could go out to the house and discuss the findings with the engineer.


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    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,295 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    complicit wrote: »
    When I have bought houses before in England, the surveyor always contacted the estate agents directly to make arrangements. I have been asked by my surveyor in Ireland to contact the Auctioneers myself to arrange access. Is this how business is routinely carried out? It seems very backward.
    Are you buying via an EA or an Auctioneer in Ireland? They can be different.


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    Cash_Q
    Registered Users Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭Cash_Q


    I had to organise the time and date with the engineer and then check with the EA that this was ok. Maybe it varies depending on individual engineers and EAs.


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    Interested Observer
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    Mine was organised between the EA and the surveyor. I just gave the surveyor the EA's details.


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    Ursus Horribilis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Ursus Horribilis


    The valuer and the surveyor both arranged access through the estate agent when I was buying.


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    Doop
    Registered Users Posts: 1,467 ✭✭✭Doop


    Just give the surveyor the number and be done with it... theres no 'rule' common sense should prevail


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