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Surveyor or Structural Engineer

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  • 13-05-2016 11:39am
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    Pseudorandom
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    We're just going sale agreed on a house this week (first time buyers) and a bit bewildered by the whole process. Should we be getting a structural engineer to look at the house or a surveyor? What's the actual difference between the two? We're not planning on making any alterations but there are already extensions built on to the house.

    Also does anyone have any recommendations? The estate agent gave us some suggestions but I don't know if it's a good idea to get someone more independent?


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    Santy2015
    Registered Users Posts: 1,065 ✭✭✭Santy2015


    Pseudorandom wrote: »
    Hi all,

    We're just going sale agreed on a house this week (first time buyers) and a bit bewildered by the whole process. Should we be getting a structural engineer to look at the house or a surveyor? What's the actual difference between the two? We're not planning on making any alterations but there are already extensions built on to the house.

    Also does anyone have any recommendations? The estate agent gave us some suggestions but I don't know if it's a good idea to get someone more independent?

    We got an engineer to it. They pretty much do the exact same report. Expect to pay between €300-€500 for a good quality report


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    darconio
    Registered Users Posts: 933 ✭✭✭darconio


    I've used <snip> and they were spot on: I got a full brochure with strenght and weakness of the property.
    Consider it as an investment today for more peace of mind tomorrow.

    Mod edit: As per forum charter, recommendations by PM only.


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    NGUYEN01
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭NGUYEN01


    Can some PM me the details for a good Structural Engineer. Buying 1950's house, garage space converted to bedroom and wet room - did this need planning permission ?

    Need Engineer to review the property.

    Thanks in advance


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