>> He did have a "full survey" and successfully recovered the cost of putting it right
>> from the surveyor, only after an argument and a complaint to the professional body (RICS?).
>> They argued that they couldn't have seen it, which cooked their goose really because the
>> house owner had found it by seeing it and he was a mere accountant.
We had a similar issue with our first house - a 19th Century terraced place in Watford. It was pretty obvious to anyone who had noticed evidence of former chimney in the Master Bedroom and then looked in the loft. Our Homebuyers report survey picked it up as did that of one prospective purchaser when we sold.
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