"A useful, concise walk through of the what’s and why’s of everything from legal searches to surveys, planning consents and listed building requirements for house buyers."
Buying a home is a stressful process. From first-hand experience when I bought my first home I often found I was going through the motions of what I needed to do or was told to do, without any real understanding of what was being said and what it all meant. A guide that outlined the initial steps of the conveyancing searches and the home surveys required when purchasing a home would have been valuable to me indeed.
Your Neighbourhood Surveyor has been a practising surveyor for a decade and has used his knowledge to provide explanations about the searches and surveys needed in the house buying process - what they can highlight, their limitations and any next steps so that buyers have a better understanding of the whole process.
Admittedly, there were moments when reading when the echo of my previous frustration returned when reading this guide. The hint I guess is in the title, this is a “plainish” guide, one that still leans towards using more professional phrasing and vocabulary as opposed to ‘an idiot’s guide’ that explains something in a really basic way. For someone like me with limited house buying and selling experience and who struggles to understand a subject when I'm annoyed with it, the addition of some more conversational, layman’s phrasing would make this more approachable to me personally. However, what this does offer the more confident and willing to learn house buyer is a useful, concise walk through of the what’s and why’s of everything from legal searches to surveys, planning consents and listed building requirements. This is a short summary that provides a little extra context than what may have been provided during the house buying process.
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SAVE TIME! A guide to help navigate your expectations of an RICS Home Survey when purchasing a property in the UK.
Who Is This Book For?
The book is designed for people who are looking to buy a home in the UK and want to know more about what to expect from the survey, and more importantly, what more they need to do to get a complete picture on the condition of a property.
This book will not replace the need for a survey. Whilst the book does contain tips on maximising your time during the process, it is not a ‘shortcut’ or replacement for a survey. The book is a complimentary addition to help clear up points which can sometimes be obscure.
So Why Should I Buy This Book?
This book gives you points you can action, without page fillers.
Whilst the cost of commissioning a survey will vary, the aim of this book is to give you a head start in understanding what you will get and what more you need to do. The book will also help you invest your time wisely by highlighting the searches and investigations you may need to undertake.
Contents of the book will cover the following:
A note from the author:
The home survey is designed to provide you with a snapshot of the problems and any matters that need to be looked at further by other professionals involved in the purchase of a home. The inspection will consider obvious and potential issues where signs of problems may be visible, considering some of the building’s elements are always concealed. It is for this reason the survey report cannot provide you with the full picture without additional inspections and research.
This book aims to bridge that gap by highlighting actions you can take to save time.
The Plainish Guide to Your Home Survey features in the following genres: Indie Author Books, Business and Management, Home and house maintenance, Self Help and Personal Development
The Plainish Guide to Your Home Survey is available in Paperback
The Plainish Guide to Your Home Survey was written by Your Neighbourhood Surveyor and published by Independently published
