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When is the House Survey Done?

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  • 22-10-2003 8:21am
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    MrHappyChap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭


    When someone makes an offer on a residential property, and then eventually (hopefully) the seller accepts the offer, is this when the prospective buyer has a structural survey done?

    i.e. after their offer has been accepted.


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    spongebob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,143 ✭✭✭spongebob


    ....after they send the contract out with the offer written down as agreed verbally. If the house is old maybe sooner .

    M


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    Q3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭Q3000


    The offer on the house should be made subject to no adverse findings in the survey and within a few days of the offer being accepted send the surveyor out


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,245 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    With property there is no contract until evidenced in writing (Statute of Frauds 1695).

    Ideally, you would do it before making an offer (this is impractical as hundreds of people may look at the property), but it would definitely need to be doen before contracts are signed.

    And it isn't necessarily a structural survey. It simply needs to be by someone to the approval of the mortgage lender - an engineer, architect or surveyor usually. A property may be structurally sound but have other problems like damp, leaky windows, worn out fittings, building regulations and the like.

    Your solicitor will also need to do searches, not only on title, but also on planning permission, Homebond (for newer houses under ~10 years old) and similar items.


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