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Buying a Home: Expert surveys in Dorset & beyond

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Buying a home is one of the most expensive purchases you will ever make.  Therefore, you will benefit from an expert, independent report on the condition of your new home from Blake - Chartered Surveyrs.  Our Homebuyers Survey will assist you in making the right purchase for you.  Our Building Survey will provide a more in depth report for buildings which are over 100 years old or in a poor state of repair.

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We are not affiliated to or have any financial dealings with any Estate Agent, Solicitor, Bank or Building Society and pride ourselves by being completely independent.  We put your best interest in the property you are looking to buy at the heart of what we do.

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We offer two kinds of survey: a Homebuyers Survey - without an open market valuation (Type 2) and a Building Survey (Type 3).

For more information please download our information PDF.

Homebuyers Survey

Our Homebuyers Report will:

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  • Set out any serious defects in need of urgent repair

  • Provide recommendations for areas of repair

  • Highlight areas of concern

  • Outline areas which may not be financially viable to correct

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Tip: Most popular concise report people commission.

Building Survey

Our Building Survey Report will:

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  • Set out any serious defects in need of urgent repair

  • Provide recommendations for areas of repair

  • Highlight areas of concern

  • Outline areas which may not be financially viable to correct.

  • Include a more comprehensive summary

  • Report more fully about the type of repair required

  • Include more minor defects not set out in the Homebuyers Report.

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Tip: Most recommended for houses over 100 years old or in need of many repairs and maintenance.

Both reports do not include an open market valuation.  However, you may wish to conduct your own reasearch for what a house is worth such as nethouseprices.co.uk.  If you would like a value for insurance purposes, known as a house rebuild cost (the cost of rebuilding your home in the event of a fire etc), this is chargable for a nominal fee when requested with a survey.

Contact us for a fixed fee quote

We provide Surveys for all properties old and new. Using 3.2 metre surveyor ladders we can access all areas of a property including flat roofs and flashings. Most defects can be hard to spot which is why we use 30x optical zoom cameras to provide high-quality records for your report.

 

Email us the full address and postcode of the property you require to be inspected and we will reply with a quote. Alternatively, please fill in the quote form on our contact page or call us.

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Areas we cover

Bournemouth

Brockenhurst

Christchurch

Dorchester

Lyndhurst

Lytchett Minster

Poole

Salisbury

Southampton

Swanage

Totton

Wareham

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