house survey

[Bickaxe]

It'll be fine, just leave it. Regular yearly service is all thats needed.

Really? Some boilers, if serviced regularly can go on and on. Ours is over 12 years old and is in tip top condition.

Some are built better than others, we just had its boiler replaced in the house we sold and the previous one lasted about 15 years. My parents have had 3 in the last 20 years.

We had ours serviced recently (its not ours, we are renting and the engineer knew this so trying to sell us anything wouldn't work) and he said most of his call outs were for Worcester. This house has an Ideal which he said were very reliable and easier to work with (might be true, might not be but he seemed relieved to see it).

 

[koolpc]

Ours is a Worcester.

 

[Shoza]

The ground stability & energy exploration are absolutely nothing to worry about and come up on most searches. The boiler not meeting current standards is correct and is of absolutely no concern if it is working properly.

All surveys are designed to cover their backs with generic wording in many places and this is one of them - standards for electrics and gas change often and so most houses in the UK will not meet current standards but that doesn't mean it is a problem.

 

[SPG]

The entire system is a mockery, just a another way of producing tax. The house I bought last October was built in the 1950s and the survey called up everything and that there is a brook which could flood.

This brook happens to be as wide as a old mini, and the water level would have to raise a 100m prior to it lapping on my front door and at least 5 houses would have to be fully submerged.

 

[Vince]

another quick one, the boiler and heating etc has been checked and its working fine but does not meet current standards.

"This may mean that since the date of your installation the standards have changed and therefore your installation no longer meets the current standard required for all new installations. It is currently operating safely and does not present a safety hazard at this time. However, we would recommend that it is upgraded to meet the latest requirements."

is this a concern with it working correctly?

Careful with this one. This is exactly the reason that our mortgage company put a 4k retention on our mortgage meaning that we had to cover this 4k shortfall with not a lot of notice. Our mortgage company would have released the funds back with all up-to-date certificates but we haven't taken that option yet after 2 years and instead have just sucked it up and got the work done.

 

[darrant1234]

That's interesting. I'll see what mortgage people say offer is due. If they aren't worried then I won't be.