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Mmmmmm . . . .
Given that other posts have put forward costs of $600 and $700 for full-on surveys, my $600 is not that far away that I should have been all that suspicious. And IMHO not far away enough that the surveyors should have done an almost cursory visual inspection.
Also remember that I'm accustomed to paying in NZ$ so to me, the surveys in total were worth about NZ$850 which in NZ is quite a lot more than one expect to pay for a full-on survey. And also, being accustomed to the way things are done in NZ, there is not a lot of cause to be suspicious because the surveyors here seemingly take their jobs very seriously because they would be held culpable if someone died as the result of a dishonest or even half-hearted survey.
I guess my biggest omission was not talking to the forum first, I would probably have got some useful feedback but then again, some forumites may recall that I did receive a pretty negative response to my original thread.
I'll try to remember your helpfulness next time . . .
Thanks
Andre
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