| ste_north_stand Posted on 30/10 12:20 | |
| Home Inspector question | |
Seen an advert for courses to train you up to do this sort of thing as a career. Sounded alright to me and decent money but just wondered if anybody has done something similar, just to see if it's worth looking into. | |
| boksic Posted on 30/10 12:32 | |
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Surveyors with brains removed. | |
| ste_north_stand Posted on 30/10 12:35 | |
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I could live with that..... | |
| wooly Posted on 30/10 12:59 | |
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I would seriously think twice about undertaking the course. the adverts are misleading and unfortunately your potential earnings would be nowhere near the projected figures. their are 2 parts of the training 1. Home inspector - allows you to undertake a home condition report and domestic energy assessment 2. Domestic Energy Assessor - allows you to undertake the energy assessment only. At present when selling a house with 3 or more beds you need to have a Home Information Pack which must include an energy assessment. A home condition report is optional but would cost upwards of £250 so nobody is having one done which amkes sense. the energy assessment must be done by one of the 2 qualified people above. I have trained as a Domestic Energy Assessor costing over £3000 and am just starting to get work in. there is insufficient work to go full time and keep all the already qualified people busy. i know people who have gone into this full time and are now actively looking for other jobs as there is not enough work to keep people busy. I have made a few contacts and am quite happy at the way it is progressing but on the other foot some people are getting nothing at all. Hope this helps. | |
| rocky10 Posted on 30/10 13:07 | |
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Having considered what has happened to me in the last 3 weeks re my house sale I wish I had got a full Inspection/HIPS pack done before I agreed to sell. Recently I have had to have; 1 Full structural survey - £450 (to say that there was nothing wrong with the house) 2. Full roof survey £50 - requested after the strctural survey - but asked for by the buyers mortgage company in the original mortgage offer 9 weeks ago but never asked for at the the time. Bear in mind I was theorectically 2 hours from completion 11 10 07. 3. Also a full electrical survey £150 advance works. (Thankfully th buyers paying for this). If it needs a re wire the deals off and I have lost close on a grand trying to sell my house. Just beware that you haven't sold your house until that money is in your bank account. --- Post edited by rocky10 on 30/10 13:10 --- | |
| ste_north_stand Posted on 30/10 15:40 | |
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Cheers for the advice wooly. If you don't mind me asking what sort of money are you looking at earning? | |
| wooly Posted on 30/10 23:31 | |
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I am doing it part time and refuse to do any assessment for less than £80. A lot of the big companies charge the seller around £100-£120 then sub contract the assessment out for £60. At present i am probably averaging 3 a week, although i have had a couple of weeks where i have done 6 - 8. I am happy enough with that, estimate within 6 months i should have paid off my training fees and started to make money. the market at present is very unsteady due to interest rates, Northern Rock, time of year and uncertainty of full role out to include all dwellings. I do not know any home inspectors who have actually carried out a home condition report, they have invested at least £8000 in training. It will take a lot of energy assessments to get their money back. | |
| ste_north_stand Posted on 31/10 19:14 | |
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Cheers wolly, spot on that. | |
