At 7am, the day looks manageable.
Collect the keys, inspect the property, get home and write the report. There might even be time for a proper lunch.
The first delay arrives before the first inspection.
The estate agent’s keys are at another branch. This is mentioned after you’ve parked, paid and walked into the original branch carrying enough equipment to suggest you’re moving in.
Back to the car.
Reading’s traffic then takes a generous bite out of the morning. You arrive at the property later than planned, where the seller explains that the loft is “very easy to get into”.
The hatch is above a wardrobe.
Once access is sorted, the inspection needs your full attention. A cracked render junction. Vegetation in the gutter. A downpipe discharging beside the wall. Moisture readings that need to be considered alongside the external findings.
None of this can be rushed because the morning has gone wrong.
Later, a coffee stop at The Oracle seems like a small kindness to yourself. Unfortunately, several dozen other people have had the same idea.
You join the queue. You have already committed emotionally.
By the time the keys are returned and you get home, the working day has run well into the evening. The inspection is finished, but the report isn’t. There are photographs to review, notes to reconcile and defects to explain properly.
This is where Survey Edit can help.
Your inspection photographs and notes provide the evidence. Survey Edit helps organise it into report sections, develop the wording and check that observations haven’t disappeared between the site visit and the draft. You review the findings and retain control of the final advice.
It cannot move the wardrobe, find the keys or shorten the coffee queue.
But when you’re finally home, tired and facing a report, having support with the drafting is considerably more useful than another coffee.
A little support for the reporting hours
Explore how our Level 2 report drafting support works, or tell us about your practice. You inspect, review and approve; we help with the draft.