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Michael,
I’m a bit late to the party but if you get in touch with me I’ll tell you what one of the problems is that I’ve come across with this.
Fair play to this young man for calling this out.
I resigned from the corporate I contracted with a long time ago for a similar reason, exclusive zero hour contracts was the final straw.
But for me you have to look further up the food chain, the Council of Mortgage Lenders need to share some of the blame here, their members are contracting with these corporate organisations that bash these (call for a further report) generic surveys out and as the job finally finds its way down to the boots on the ground there is nowhere near enough meat left on the bone for the surveyor to spend the time and effort that either the survey and/or valuation requires.
No wonder the RICS has to issue a practice statement then is there!
Get ready for the claims management departments phone calls all you expert witness surveyors!
Its a sad reflection on the society we have become when our youngster are exploited in this manner IMO, no wonder we struggle to attract graduates into the profession, it bad enough asking our new associates to undertake these complex reports in the first place, so I agree with Neil, and for me two of these a week is more than enough, luckily for me our fee scale and my dinosauric social comfort does enables that.
Guy’s
I’ve found that it just depends on lender policy, for some, their attitude to risk seems to have changed more recently.
I’m aware both NW and Halifax have turned away enquiries from one of our brokers.
and I’ve just done a couple of intrusive inspection reports for Santander and Nationwide, admittedly on BISF Type A1, fabricated by notable British Iron & Steel Federation British Steel Homes Ltd which have been offered.
although the same Broker is trying to place a Unity Type re-build and extension just one side repaired, so I’ll report back on the out come.
I recently did a (Beattie Passive System dwelling) for (Keystone Property Finance) where the warranty provider was in receivership, that one went through fine I believe.
If you are going to start of course you need PI cover to do these type inspections, but it does seem to me, some of the lenders just want the additional comfort no matter what.
I hope that helps.
