The other problem for purchasers is that the surveyor will invariably ignore anything (and everything) outside of that which he has subsequently told you, in his written report, that he has looked at - or was very specifically asked to check out; almost certainly he will have shown you, at some point, what he was going to be surveying, and to what degree.
Trevor I have always tried to accompany the surveyor both when buying houses and the boat; he will tell you what you do and don't need to worry about as a verbal report is off the record. Equally, if you've also decided you are going to change something you can agree that he doesn't spend time looking at it. For example, when I bought Laplander, the cabin was clearly on its way out and was going to need replacement; Jim McDonald took one glance at it, wrote 'The cabin is rotten' and spent his time going over the hull with a fine toothcomb. Sean [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
