Nationwide/Countrywide (Nationwide Building Society)

Member Name: mwl001

Product:	Nationwide Building Society
Date:	01/10/03 (728 review reads)
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Advantages: Great if you are selling the house!

Disadvantages: Basic errors

I would not use Countrywide surveyors again.

The survey I had done included the following:

'The electric shower appears satisfactory...' The shower was a mixer shower not an electric shower!

'The plastic water storage tank, which can be found in the loft space, is completely covered in insulation and we are unable to comment on it's condition.' There was no insulation on the tank at all! They went on 'A plastic feed and expansion tank in the loft space serves the central heating system.' The tank was in fact redundant.

'There are no inspection chambers within the curtilage of the property..' I assume the surveyor ignored the the one in the middle of the patio!

'The property was furnished with fully fitted floor coverings in most rooms except the kitchen and main bedroom. This restricted our inspection....' The majority of the carpets were not fastened down in any way (hardly restrictive!).

'The internal partions appear to be constructed in a mixture of solid masonry and lightweight timber studwork.' They are in fact all timber studwork.

I could go on but I think you get the picture.....


STOP PRESS!
Latest update... I am in the process of selling my house and the buyers survey was done today - yes you guessed it, by Countrywide, and yes, the exact same surveyor. Just so you know what you get for your money, he spent less than 20 minutes in the house, asked a few questions but didn't check any of the answers were genuine, I await the results with interest - wonder what the internal walls will be made of this time?!

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