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The Local Authority Search, which you'll have to get when using a mortgage to buy a property in the Honiton area, is brilliant when it comes to being quickly briefed about building control matters, and whether the property you're thinking of buying has had the appropriate local building authority sign-off for any improvements or alterations. A recent such report which a client bought for a property in Wyndham Road, Silverton, Exeter EX5 4JU revealed, among other things, that the correct sign-off had been given for both electrical rewiring and the installation of a gas boiler. But let's say your property had a multi-storey extension in this case. Because no entries are present for this work, this would at the very least cause your conveyancing solicitor to frame enquiries to find out more about the situation. |
Lenders insist on you getting a Regulated Drainage & Water Search as a mortgage buyer. However a brief look at the contents of such a report, such as one bought by a client for a property in Honiton's locale, specifically in Newton St. Cyres EX5 5BJ, shows how important the findings in the report are. For example, the report revealed that, should any building which is or forms part of the property be at risk of internal flooding due to overloaded public sewers, then insurance is in place to cover any damages and provide compensation. Additionally, the report revealed that should the property suffer from low water pressure or flow, insurance was also in place. People underestimate how important having decent pressure in the water supply to a home can be – but you'd want to know that insurance is in place for this eventuality because the displeasure caused by low water pressure in terms of how taps and particularly baths function is not to be underestimated. |
According to the UK Government's Public Health England, Honiton, including streets such as South Gate and Magdalen Street - B3212, is in a raised radon area, with properties built there having a higher probability than average of experiencing ground Radon emissions. The raised Radon area has a maximum radon potential of 10-30% (the percentage is the chance of a property being built where Radon emissions might measure above the action level). If you are concerned that a property you are buying is in an area of raised Radon, please click to visit Public Health England's UK Radon Map . Click also to find out more about Radon, Radon property searches and much more. |
Our Building Surveyor uses their local knowledge of Honiton to ensure they deliver a detailed homebuyers report to help you decide whether you should move forward with your home move or if you should pull out.
We normally have availability within days of you booking and our turnaround for homebuyers survey reports is within 5 working days.
Ranging from 10 to 40 years all of our chartered RICS Surveyors are registered with and regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and have indemnity insurance that covers all of the work they undertake in a Home Buyers Survey in Honiton.