Michael Hadley Chartered SurveyorsRICS

Contact us

Redditch Office:

Round Hill
Stock Green
Redditch
Worcestershire
B96 6TB

Tel: 01386 792508
Fax: 01386 792080

Birmingham Office:

1 Redditch Road
The Green
Kings Norton
Birmingham
B38 8RN

Tel: 0121 458 6801
Fax: 01386 792080

Email:

info@
hadleysurveyors.co.uk

Regulated by RICS.

Home Condition Reports

It is now compulsory (with a very few exceptions) to have prepared a Home Information Pack in order to put a residential property on the market. Certain documents are compulsory and have to be included in the pack: an index, an Energy Performance Certificate, a sale statement, the standard searches and evidence of title.

For further information please see http://www.homeinformationpacks.gov.uk.

However there are also optional documents, the main one of which is a Home Condition Report.

Understandably, many people are reluctant to pay for such a report when it is not compulsory, but it can be a valuable selling aid especially in today's difficult market. Sellers who provide such a report will have an early opportunity to carry out repair work on the property or obtain quotes prior to marketing. Buyers can use it at the beginning of the home-buying process to minimise the possibility of being faced with unexpected repair bills and other surprises.

In order to carry out Home Condition Reports the surveyor must have qualified as a 'Home Inspector'. Michael Hadley is a qualified Home Inspector as well as being a Chartered Surveyor.

Home Condition Reports are similar in depth of survey to a Homebuyer Survey but do not include a valuation. Each element of the property is rated in a series of 'Condition Ratings':

  1. No repair is presently required. Normal maintenance must be undertaken.
  2. Repairs are required but the Home Inspector does not consider these to be either serious or urgent.
  3. Defects of a serious nature or defects requiring urgent repair.

Once completed, the report is uploaded into the National Database. However, we can provide a draft first.

Sample Home Condition Report.

Fees

For most small to medium sized houses fees are the same as for Homebuyer Surveys. For larger or unusually built houses, please contact us.