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RICS building survey RICS practice note [archived item]

By: Language: English Series: RICS Practice NotesPublication details: Coventry, RICS, October 2012ISBN:
  • 9781842198391
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 333.332
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Partial contents:
Status of this practice note -- Introduction -- Part A, the practice note: professional obligations; requirements and scope of the RICS Building Survey Service; the contract; compiling the report, commentary and guidance -- Part B, the documentation: RICS Home Surveys Information Sheet; commentary on particular elements of the Description of the RICS Building Survey Service; description of the RICS Building Survey Service, with the standard terms of engagement; what to do now; leasehold properties advice; maintenance tips -- Part C, the report form and checklists: introduction to the report; about the inspection; overall opinion and summary of the condition ratings; about the property; outside the property; inside the property; services; grounds (including shared areas for flats); issues for your legal advisers; risks; energy efficiency; surveyor's declaration; what to do now; description of the RICS Building Survey Service; typical house diagram -- Part D: appendices: definitions of the RICS Building Survey Service key terms; the RICS Building Survey Service: checklist of professional obligations; relevant RICS guidance sources; the contract: checklist for each commission; the RICS Building Survey Service Copyright Licence Scheme.
Summary: Expectations for this survey are higher than that for the RICS HomeBuyer and Condition Reports. To meet this, it is essential that the RICS Building Survey Service is performed by a surveyor who has sufficient knowledge and competence necessary to carry out a detailed condition assessment of the property, describes the identifiable risk of potential or hidden defects, includes an appropriate desk-top study carried out by the surveyor that provides a good working knowledge of the property in its locality and ensures a thorough and detailed property inspection. Those surveyors using the report forms must take out an RICS Building Survey Service copyright licence, which authorises them to use the RICS Building Survey Service material in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.Summary: This item has been archived. See Home survey standard effective from 1 June 2020.

Status of this practice note -- Introduction -- Part A, the practice note: professional obligations; requirements and scope of the RICS Building Survey Service; the contract; compiling the report, commentary and guidance -- Part B, the documentation: RICS Home Surveys Information Sheet; commentary on particular elements of the Description of the RICS Building Survey Service; description of the RICS Building Survey Service, with the standard terms of engagement; what to do now; leasehold properties advice; maintenance tips -- Part C, the report form and checklists: introduction to the report; about the inspection; overall opinion and summary of the condition ratings; about the property; outside the property; inside the property; services; grounds (including shared areas for flats); issues for your legal advisers; risks; energy efficiency; surveyor's declaration; what to do now; description of the RICS Building Survey Service; typical house diagram -- Part D: appendices: definitions of the RICS Building Survey Service key terms; the RICS Building Survey Service: checklist of professional obligations; relevant RICS guidance sources; the contract: checklist for each commission; the RICS Building Survey Service Copyright Licence Scheme.

Expectations for this survey are higher than that for the RICS HomeBuyer and Condition Reports. To meet this, it is essential that the RICS Building Survey Service is performed by a surveyor who has sufficient knowledge and competence necessary to carry out a detailed condition assessment of the property, describes the identifiable risk of potential or hidden defects, includes an appropriate desk-top study carried out by the surveyor that provides a good working knowledge of the property in its locality and ensures a thorough and detailed property inspection. Those surveyors using the report forms must take out an RICS Building Survey Service copyright licence, which authorises them to use the RICS Building Survey Service material in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

This item has been archived. See Home survey standard effective from 1 June 2020.