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STANDARD CONDITIONS OF ENGAGEMENT.
PLEASE NOTE: These Standard Terms of Engagement form part of the
contract between the Surveyor
and the Client.
1 The Service
The standard HOMEBUYER Survey & Valuation Service ("the
service") which is described in Part 2 of
these Terms ("the description") applies unless an addition
to the Service is agreed in writing before the
Inspection. (An example of such an addition is reporting upon parts
which are not normally inspected,
such as the opening of all windows.)
2 The Surveyor
The Surveyor who provides the Service will be a Chartered
Surveyor, or a Fellow or Associate of the
Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers, who is competent to
survey, value and report upon the
Property which is the subject of these Terms.
3 Before the Inspection
The Client will inform the Surveyor of the agreed price for the
Property and of any particular concerns
(such as plans for extension) which he or she may have about the
Property.
4 Terms of payment
The Client agrees to pay the fee and any other charges agreed in
writing.
5 Cancellation
The Client will be entitled to cancel this contract by notifying
the Surveyor's office at any time before the
day of the Inspection. The Surveyor will be entitled not to proceed
with the provision of the Service (and
will so report promptly to the Client) if, after arriving at the
Property, he or she concludes:
a) that it is of a type of construction of which he or she
has insufficient specialist knowledge to be able to
provide the Service satisfactorily: or
b) that it would be in the typical Client's best interests to
be provided with a Building Survey, plus
valuation, rather than the HOMEBUYER Service.
In case of cancellation, the Surveyor will refund any money paid by
the Client for the Service, except for
expenses reasonably incurred. In the case of cancellation by the
Surveyor, the reason will be explained
to the Client.
6 Liability
The Report provided is solely for the use of the Client and the
Client's professional advisers, and no
liability to anyone else is accepted. Should the Client not act upon
specific, reasonable advice contained
in the Report, no responsibility is accepted for the consequences.
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