The RICS Home Survey – Level 2 is an inspection by an RICS Chartered Surveyor.
They will cover all of the essentials of the property and will look for visible problems which are serious, dangerous, or that could affect the property value. The RICS Home Survey – Level 2 is the most common type of survey, and it is what we would recommend for the majority of properties of standard construction and built within the last 50 to 100 years.
The RICS Home Survey – Level 2 is there to protect you from buying a property with significant issues and provide you with peace of mind regarding the condition of the property you are purchasing.
The RICS Home Survey – Level 2 uses a traffic light system to grade individual elements of the property and highlight areas of concern.
This allows you to make the most informed decision on how to proceed. Our RICS Chartered Surveyors are there to give you as much information as possible, allowing you to be confident in the condition of the property and making sure you are aware of any potential issues.
You may also be able to use this information to assess the property’s value, along with the cost of any future maintenance, repair or restoration works. All of which is extremely useful information when making one of the most important purchases of your lifetime.
The surveyor will inspect the inside and outside of the main building, as well as all permanent accessible outbuildings such as garages. The inspection is designed to assess as much of the property as physically possible. For example:
Available with or without a valuation.
The RICS Home Survey – Level 2 is straightforward to read and understand. We will always try to keep the level of jargon to a minimum. Allowing even the most inexperienced person or first-time buyer to make sense of the report and take the necessary actions that our surveyors are suggesting. The RICS Home Survey – Level 2 grades elements of the property in the following ways:
