RICS HomeBuyer Reports

Yes, the Surveyor’s role will be to determine all issues and defects associated with the property.

This will mean that they need to access and inspect both the internal and external parts of it.

We would advise in speaking with the Surveyor who prepared the RICS HomeBuyer Report to discuss his or recommendations.

If the defects are low risk and easy to rectify. At this stage, we would advise going back to the seller alerting them to the Surveyor’s findings, and ultimately renegotiating the agreed sale price to take account the repairs needed.

If the defects are of a major concern, it may be appropriate to reconsider proceeding with the sale.

The RICS HomeBuyer Report will see a qualified and experienced RICS Surveyor visit the property in advance of the exchange and completion taking place.

The survey ensures that you are fully informed on all the defects to the property, enabling you to make a fully informed decision as a purchaser, avoiding any nasty and costly defect surprise once you are the legal owner.

Yes, in order to undertake an RICS HomeBuyer Report, the Surveyor must be a professional RICS member.

All our Surveyors are not only RICS members, but are also members of other leading governing bodies including the CIOB, CABE and CIArb.

If you want to be present during the survey we would advise that you either meet the surveyor before he starts the inspection outside the property or alternatively meet him upon completion of the inspection.

During the survey itself the surveyor is going to want to apply his full attention to the issues and defects that are being located and ensure that he can complete that without any distraction.

Whenever we complete a report we always welcome our clients to have a full discussion with us upon its receipt as we find that that best aids understanding of the issues and gives them the full facts to then go back to the seller to inform them of their surveyor’s findings.

Yes, part of the surveyor’s arsenal of tools will include a damp meter, damp meter checks will be taken throughout the property, usually at high, mid and low levels of the walls that will ensure that the surveyor is able to fully assess if there is any form of damp issue that exists within the property itself.

In the event that damp is located which is altogether quite common the surveyor will put forward their professional opinion as to what is causing that damp along with the necessary rectification requirements and likely costs in that regard.

While all Pre purchase Reports are going to follow the same structure, here at Stokemont we have gone a step further and included our industry first costs rating system.

This costs rating system assesses the defect located in a low, mid and high category.

The aim here being that you are fully informed of what the realistic remedy costs are going to be to make good the defect the surveyor locates.

As a firm we are building surveyors at our core and fully understand the defects and issues that can exist to all different types of properties whether that is a house, maisonette or flat. This experience ensures that you are in safe hands when it comes to purchase surveying requirements.

Here at Stokemont we can generally get inspections booked into the diary within 2-3 days of instruction.

Once we have inspected, we then aim to have the report with you within 2-3 days.

Overall it is about a one week turnaround.

We fully understand that the purchaser is going to want to know the full facts as soon as possible and therefore we have got a tried and tested procedure in place to enable prompt turnaround.

When it comes to inspecting properties there are never any two that are alike however that being said there are typical defects that our surveyors regularly find.

These tend to be issues such as damp, pest infestation, subsidence or defects that result in disrepair.

Whenever an issue is located the surveyor is always going to fully explain where it is, what is causing it and importantly what needs to be done to rectify it along with the likely costs for rectification.

The aim here being that you are fully informed of exactly what you are purchasing into and the necessary action you will need to take should you become the new property owner.

Yes, we are very happy to discuss our findings with either the seller or the agent directly.

Prior to doing this we would advise that the report is shared with those respective parties to ensure that they are fully abreast of the surveyor’s findings.

If they do indeed have any enquiries in respect of the report’s outcome discussion with the surveyor is always a good way to ensure that all parties are on the same page and fully understand the implications and outcomes of the report and issues found.

Unfortunately there can be scenarios whereby the outcome of the surveyor’s inspection, report and cost implications of the defects located, can put buyers off from purchasing the subject property.

If indeed that happens to be the case, we would gladly offer any discount on any further surveys that we are instructed to undertake on any new properties that you locate and go through the purchase process for.