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What Is An RICS Homebuyer Report?

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In this weeks property blog post, we are going to be discussing RICS Homebuyer Reports, what they are, and how they can be of assistance to you.

An RICS Homebuyer Report is designed by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) to be a thorough and comprehensive pre-purchase survey for property buyers in the UK.

The report itself follows a standardized format, and ultimately addresses the property externally to internally, going through each various element of the property in a point by point basis.

The report is also designed in a handy and easy to follow traffic light system, which ultimately adds a visual key to the various elements being described so that the reader is easily able to establish what type of condition the property is in.

Green

Green is good, it effectively means there is minimal repair required.

Orange

Orange is not so good.  It means there is some form of maintenance required, which could, in the short term be costly.

Red

Red is not what you want to find as it effectively means the item being described needs serious and urgent attention.

If you would like to discuss how our surveyors can be of assistance with your pre-purchase surveying requirements, get in touch with us now, and we will be more than happy to assist you.

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