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Description of the RICS Building Survey Service
Standard terms of engagement 1 The service – the surveyor provides the standard RICS Building Survey Service (‘the service’) described in the ‘Description of the RICS Building Survey Service’, unless you and the surveyor agree in writing before the inspection that the surveyor will provide extra services. Any extra service will require separate terms of engagement to be entered into with the surveyor. Examples of extra services include: • plan drawing
• schedules of works; • supervision of works; • re-inspection; • detailed specific issue reports; and • market valuation and re-instatement cost; and • negotiation.
2 The surveyor – the service is to be provided by an AssocRICS, MRICS or FRICS member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, who has the skills, knowledge and experience to survey, value and report on the property. 3 Before the inspection – this period forms an important part of the relationship between you and the surveyor. The surveyor will use reasonable endeavours to contact you regarding your particular concerns regarding the property and explain (where necessary) the extent and/ or limitations of the inspection and report. The surveyor also carries out a desktop study to understand the property better. 4 Terms of payment – you agree to pay the surveyor’s fee and any other charges agreed in writing. 5 Cancelling this contract – nothing in this clause 5 shall operate to exclude, limit or otherwise affect your rights to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 or the Consumer Rights Act 2015, or under any such other legislation as may from time to time be applicable. Entirely without prejudice to any other rights that you may have under any applicable legislation, you are entitled to cancel this contract in writing by giving notice to the surveyor’s office at any time before the day of the inspection, and in any event within fourteen days of entering into this contract. Please note that where you have specifically requested that the surveyor provides services to you within fourteen days of entering into the contract, you will be responsible for fees and charges incurred by the surveyor up until the date of cancellation. 6 Liability – the report is provided for your use, and the surveyor cannot accept responsibility if it is used, or relied upon, by anyone else. Complaints handling procedure The surveyor will have a complaints handling procedure and will give you a copy if you ask.
Note: These terms form part of the contract between you and the surveyor.
Building Survey
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