000			01486cab a2200289 4500
001			ABS55874
008			090401t1996 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u19324
041			_aeng
245			_aOswald and another v Countrywide Surveyors Ltd
260			_c1996
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v[1996] 37 EG 140-142(3)
520			_aCA 22 May 1996. A survey and valuation of O`s property failed to make clear that the house was infested with death watch beetle. Damages awarded. C appealed the award of damages contending that the judge was wrong to consider the purchase price and not the valuation figure. "Held" the normal measure of damages is the difference between the value of the property in the condition described in the surveyors report and the value as it should have been described. In this case there was no comparable evidence to value the property as it should have been described, so the judge was entitled to accept the price paid for the property and adjust the repair costs to reach a suitable value. Appeal dismissed.
650			_aCOMPARABLES
650			_aDAMAGES
650			_aDEATH WATCH BEETLE
650			_aMEASURE OF DAMAGES
650			_aNEGLIGENCE
650			_aOSWALD AND ANOTHER V COUNTRYWIDE SURVEYORS
650			_aRESIDENTIAL PROPERTY _96266
650			_aSTRUCTURAL SURVEY
650			_aSURVEYORS
690			_aMANAGEMENT-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c12888 _d12888