Report Writing

Abstract

Surveyors who are capable of observing accurately, occasionally fall down when it comes to compiling a report of their observations, including the interpretation of their significance. As far as the client is concerned, it is a lucid report that matters since he has retained the surveyor to observe and diagnose what can be found out about the property, short of taking it apart, that he cannot discover for himself as a layman. In some cases there is little point in giving the dimensions of rooms or in describing the condition of the decorations in detail, for the client should be given credit for having read the estate agent’s ‘particulars’ and for having seen the obvious, otherwise he would not seriously be considering purchase.