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I’m buying a newly built home, what survey do I need?
RPSA members can carry out a Pre-Completion Inspection, often known as a “snagging” survey, on your new home before you move in.
Working with the New Homes Ombudsman, RPSA members have been recognised as having the skills and knowledge to provide you with advice about the quality of your new home.
Under the terms of the New Homes Code, the rule book that your house builder is required to comply with, you can commission an RPSA member to undertake a Pre-Completion Inspection on your behalf.
This will inspect those parts of the property that you will use, touch and see on day 1 in your new home, making sure they’re fit for purpose.
Different types of damp within a property.
Rising damp is the moisture deposited in walls after rising from the ground through the fabric of the brick. The water rises through capillary action and is stored at a height where gravity counters the upward force, usually at 1.2 m. The effects of the rising damp are visible and much higher. Wall coverings like plasters, vinyl wallpaper and paints diffuse the damp farther and deposit salt much higher along the wall.
Penetrating damp, or lateral damp, is the development of moisture through the walls of a building. Although common in old buildings, lateral damp has been observed on newer structures, at any level.
Penetrating damp is quite common in buildings with poorly installed cavity walls. Water can bypass a cavity wall where the tiles are improperly positioned and through mortar obstructions.
Welcome Property
Buyers
We offer a range of surveys that are suitable for all types and size of home. Only RPSA Surveyors are able offer products which are all based on a full and thorough inspection.
- Home Buyer/Condition Survey
- Building Survey
- New-build snagging inspection
Frequently asked questions
The house is quite modern, so do I really need a survey?
While it’s true that a modern property could have fewer defects than an older home, in more recent years, builders have tended to cut costs which has resulted in defects appearing in newer homes more rapidly than they might have done in an older property.
Only a thorough survey will give you the peace of mind to know what is, and isn’t, wrong.
Will you remove the plaster and lift the floors to check underneath the surface?
RPSA surveyors work to the highest standards in the industry which means that every survey is based on a full and thorough inspection. To avoid causing damage, inspections are visual and non-invasive, so the surveyor uses his skill, knowledge and experience to understand the construction and pathology of the building, and to form a mental picture of what’s going on beneath the surface.
