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I used Mortimer and Carey and was very pleased. I got their "Building Survey" which was very comprehensive and entirely written for my property (i.e. no cut and paste).


If you are just getting a valuation, then which company you use doesn't really matter, but if you wanting a more comprehensive report then do select carefully and never use the ones recommended by mortgage providers.

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Loz say.."If you are just getting a valuation, then which company you use doesn't really matter,.."


Actually, it does because if the surveyor is not local and, after 9 moves, I have found that they often aren't, then you are in danger of having an inaccurate valuation.

Too high and you will need a bigger mortgage or a larger deposit, too low and you end up having to re-negotiate, something the vendors might not agree to.

Estate agents are meant to show the valuers comparative sales data to shore up their view that your property is worth X but we know how different estate agents can be in their practices...

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Jacqui5254 Wrote:

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> Loz say.."If you are just getting a valuation, then which company you use doesn't really

> matter,.."

>

> Actually, it does because if the surveyor is not local and, after 9 moves, I have found that they

> often aren't, then you are in danger of having an inaccurate valuation.

> Too high and you will need a bigger mortgage or a larger deposit, too low and you end up having to

> re-negotiate, something the vendors might not agree to.

> Estate agents are meant to show the valuers comparative sales data to shore up their view that

> your property is worth X but we know how different estate agents can be in their practices...


Sorry - should have been more specific. I was talking about the post offer acceptance valuation that mortgage companies require. A 'too high' valuation at this point is rather irrelevant (except to give you a feelgood feeling).


Most valuers come in, ask you what you paid and, in most cases, agree with that value.

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Hi Amelia Noble

I would highly recommend Jon Peck (RICS)from Colin White associates who covers the Dulwich area,having been in the structural repair business for the past 25 years Jon is one of the best surveyor I've come across And lots of rec on the forum.

Tel 01732866909.


Dave Godden. http://goddenstructural.com/

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