It makes sense to engage a professional when making what is for
most people, the biggest single purchase of a lifetime. The two
main types of residential surveys offered by Brown & Co. are a
homebuyers survey and a building survey.

A Building Survey is a detailed inspection of the property and fine
detail is recorded as appropriate. The report includes comment
beyond simple listing of defects and consideration is given to the
future performance and likely problem areas where these can be
reasonably identified. Although a visual inspection, we endeavour
to be as precise as possible about potential problems and avoid
blanket recommendations for specialist advice to be obtained.

If a problem is suspected which falls outside the scope of our
inspection then a recommendation for further investigation will be
made although we will try to give some indication of what work
might be required.

Type of property