Introduction to the RICS HomeBuyer Report

Property address
Client’s name
Date of inspection

Contents
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A Introduction to the report
B About the inspection
C Overall opinion and summary of the condition ratings
D About the property
E Outside the property
F Inside the property
G Services
H Grounds (including shared areas for flats)
I Issues for your legal advisers
J Risks
K Valuation
L Surveyor’s declaration
What to do now
Description of the RICS HomeBuyer Service
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RICS is the world’s leading qualification when it comes to professional standards in land, property
and construction.
In a world where more and more people, governments, banks and commercial organisations demand
greater certainty of professional standards and ethics, attaining RICS status is the recognised mark
of property professionalism.
Over 100,000 property professionals working in the major established and emerging economies of
the world have already recognised the importance of securing RICS status by becoming members.
RICS is an independent professional body originally established in the UK by Royal Charter. Since
1868, RICS has been committed to setting and upholding the highest standards of excellence and
integrity – providing impartial, authoritative advice on key issues affecting businesses and society.
The RICS HomeBuyer Report is reproduced with the permission of the Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors who owns the copyright.
© 2010 RICS

A Introduction to the report
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Introduction to the report

A Introduction to the report
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Introduction to the report
Property address

A Introduction to the report
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Introduction to the report
Property address
This Home Buyer Report is produced by an RICS surveyor who has written this report
for you to use. If you decide not to act on the advice in this report, you do this at your
own risk.
The Home Buyer Report aims to help you:
· make a reasoned and informed decision on whether to go ahead with buying the
property;
· make an informed decision on what is a reasonable price to pay for the property;
· take account of any repairs or replacements the property needs; and
· consider what further advice you should take before committing to purchase the
property.
Any extra services we provide that are not covered by the terms and conditions of this
report must be covered by a separate contract.
If you want to complain about the service, please refer to the complaints handling
procedure in the ‘Description of the RICS HomeBuyer Service’ at the back of this report.

About the inspection
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Property address

About the inspection (continued)
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Property address
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Surveyor’s name
Surveyor’s RICS
number 34512
Company name Delta Surveyors Limited
Date of the inspection 6th May 2019 Report reference number 217/19
Related party
disclosure
Full address and
postcode of the
property
Weather conditions
when the inspection
took place
Sunny
The status of the
property when the
inspection took place
Vacant/ non occupation

B About the inspection (continued)
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Property address
We inspect the inside and outside of the main building and all permanent outbuildings, but we
do not force or open up the fabric. We also inspect the parts of the electricity, gas/oil, water,
heating and drainage services that can be seen, but we do not test them.
To help describe the condition of the home, we give condition ratings to the main parts (the
‘elements’) of the building, garage and some parts outside. Some elements can be made up of
several different parts.
In the element boxes in parts E, F, G and H, we describe the part that has the worst condition
rating first and then briefly outline the condition of the other parts. The condition ratings are
described as follows.