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Getting survey done, is it the norm to attend?

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  • 17-08-2021 10:37am
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    Navy blue
    Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭


    Hi all, we have just gone sale agreed on a property. It's an older property so we need to get a fairly detailed survey done which I have arranged for this week. Would it be the norm that one of us, as potential buyers be there while the survey is being carried out? Or would it be more usual to leave the surveyor at it? We hadn't planned to be there until the auctioneer asked if we would be and now I'm wondering would it be better so we could ask specific questions of the surveyor. Thanks in advance



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    sprucemoose
    Registered Users Posts: 2,193 ✭✭✭sprucemoose


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058204419/getting-survey-done-is-it-the-norm-to-attend

    nope, leave them at it



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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    We have done in the past, where we're getting a quick survey done. The surveyor would take an hour to go through the house and then walk us through the house pointing out anything major, before sending on a full report a week or so later.

    If you're getting a more detailed survey done though, it'll take a couple of hours, just leave them at it.



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    JimmyVik
    Registered Users Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭JimmyVik


    You would only be getting in the way asking questions and annoying him about things he will be writing in his report anyway.

    As well as when he is looking into something you will be watching him, getting all worried the issue is worse than it is.



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    ted1
    Registered Users Posts: 23,258 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    go with them, let them do the survey and at the end get them to point out areas of concern..



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    BENDYBINN
    Registered Users Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭BENDYBINN


    Just say you’d like to meet at the house when they are finished....



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    melchior1951
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    We also had a survey done recently on an old house. The surveyor was there first for two hours by himself and then was there for another hour to walk through the house with us and explain his findings.



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    kheb
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭kheb


    If I was surveyor, i would not want people shadowing me. However, meeting at the end seems like a sensible solution. On a tangent, I know someone recently who paid the surveyor before getting the survey delivered and had to wait weeks, which nearly delayed the move.



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    Wildly Boaring
    Registered Users Posts: 3,629 ✭✭✭Wildly Boaring


    I've done the odd survey. Don't do them too often.


    The above are right. Best to meet them at or near the end. Depending on the complexity it could take a few hours. Most surveyors will be methodical. And someone about distracting and poking about could delay or worse end up missing something.



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    Navy blue
    Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭Navy blue


    Thanks for all the replies guys. I took the advice and my husband just met them at the end. It was very helpful - more so than just reading a report. Survey went very well, so onwards and upwards!



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