By Dan Knowles FRICS, Director and Registered Valuer, Websters Surveyors Your survey has come back, it isn’t all clean, and you’re staring at a list of issues wondering whether to renegotiate, fix things, or walk away. First, don’t panic. Almost no home is perfect, and a survey full of observations is normal, not a disaster. The job now is to …
Seller surveys and the Home Buying and Selling Reform: more work for surveyors, but will quality survive?
By Dan Knowles FRICS, Director and Registered Valuer, Websters Surveyors The government wants to overhaul how we buy and sell homes in England and Wales, and one idea keeps coming back to the table: surveys paid for by the seller, prepared before a buyer has even made an offer. As a residential surveyor, the prospect of more instructions should have …


