TY  - GEN
ED  - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
TI  - The RICS homebuyer service 2009: RICS practice note
T2  - RICS Practice Notes
SN  - 9781842194591
AV  - 333.332 $2 18 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Coventry
PB  - RICS
KW  - HOMEBUYERS REPORT
KW  - RICS VALUATION STANDARDS
KW  - United Kingdom
N1  - Status of these Practice Notes -- Introduction -- Part A, the Practice Notes: professional obligations; requirements and scope of the RICS HomeBuyer Service; the contract; compiling the report, commentary and guidance -- Part B, the documentation: choosing between surveys; description of the RICS HomeBuyer Service and Standard Terms of Engagement; commentary on particular elements of the Description of the RICS HomeBuyer Service; leasehold properties advice -- Part C, the report form and checklists: introduction to the report (no checklist); about the inspection; summary of the condition ratings; about the property; outside of the property; inside of the property; services; grounds (including shared areas for flats); issues for your legal advisers; risks; valuation; surveyor's declaration; what to do now; house diagram -- Part D, appendices: preamble; appendix A, definitions of the RICS HomeBuyer Service key terms; the RICS HomeBuyer Service, checklist of professional obligations; appendix C, the contract: checklist for each commission; appendix D, notes on the RICS HomeBuyer Service terminology; appendix E, the RICS HomeBuyer Service Licensing Scheme; Advanced
N2  - Accompanies HBR Report launched on 1 July 2009. The 3rd edition of the practice notes includes: the practice notes; the report documentation, including information on choosing between surveys, a description of the RICS HomeBuyer Report Service and Standard Terms of Engagement, and leasehold properties advice; and the report form and checklists. Under the terms of practice statement UKPS 4.1 in the current edition of the RICS Valuation Standards, surveyors accepting instructions to provide reports under the RICS HomeBuyer Service must comply with the conditions set out in these practice notes. The Practice Notes are written to reflect the property law in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Surveyors should make necessary changes in cases where differences in property law in Scotland affect the application of the service; For a sample copy of the HBR report, see E147101; Supersedes 2nd edition (ISBN 1842191969); Superseded by 4th edition (ISBN 9781842194591) with effect from 4 January 2011
UR  - https://www.isurv.com/downloads/file/3201/archive_homebuyer_report_2009_practice_note
ER  -