Buying a new property is an exciting, stressful and occasionally bewildering time, especially if you are a first-time buyer! You’ll most likely have been told the importance of a homebuyer survey or building survey, but have you considered that neither of these choices will give you much, if any, insight into the conditions of your drains?

You might rapidly regret moving into your new home when you realise the drainage is in a dire state, being desperately in need of repair and badly blocked. Meanwhile, if problems are identified which you are happy to have fixed, you may be able to renegotiate the asking price!

Whatever you decide to do, there’s nothing more valuable than knowledge when it comes to buying a new property, and this is just as true of the drains as anything else.