Choosing a survey level
The report places a Level 2 instruction, concrete walls in Devon and a mundic procedure the level name does not include in one paragraph. Which of those were inspected, and which were merely named?
The concrete walls were there for a Level 2 visual inspection. The mundic procedure was only named, because that procedure is not included in the level name. Devon puts the house in the south west, where RICS guidance on the mundic problem is written for surveyors. Writing Level 2 on the instruction does not switch that procedure on. Cornwall Council describes a core test and does not provide it. A home survey does not drill cores or award Class A, B or C. The paragraph joins a product, a wall and a procedure. Only the visual look belongs to the visit.
Last reviewed 24 October 2026. Written for buyers in England and Wales unless this answer says otherwise. No named surveyor has signed this page. It is general guidance, not a report on your house, and not legal advice.
What is the fuller explanation?
Level 2 is a visual survey, with advice on what was seen. Concrete walls in Devon can be looked at for cracks, bulges and damp marks under that product. A mundic procedure is sampling and classification, which is a different instruction even in the same county. The level name does not hide that procedure inside itself. Surveyors in the south west use the RICS mundic guidance when that separate work is actually commissioned. This paragraph inspected the walls by eye and named the procedure it did not carry out.
Ask the surveyor, in writing, whether any mundic sampling was inside the Level 2 instruction. The paragraph as read says it was not. Tell the solicitor the Devon walls were seen and not classed. If a class is wanted, commission the core route separately. Cornwall Council describes that test and does not provide it. Do not tell a lender that Level 2 on a concrete house in Devon is itself Class A, B or C. The survey has not awarded one.
What should you ask your surveyor?
- Were the concrete walls only looked at under the Level 2 instruction?
- Does the level name include a mundic procedure, or was that only named?
- Has any class been withheld because no cores were in the instruction?
What are the typical next steps?
- Read Level 2 as the visual survey, not as a mundic procedure.
- Ask the surveyor to confirm in writing that cores were not included.
- Tell the solicitor the Devon walls were not given a class.
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Also asked about this
Does Devon concrete always sit outside a Level 2?
No. A Level 2 can still be the instructed visual survey of a house in Devon. What it does not include is the mundic procedure. RICS guidance on that problem is for surveyors in the south west. This visit did not drill cores or award Class A, B or C. The walls were inspected by eye, and the procedure was named as absent.
If the walls looked ordinary, can the procedure be ignored?
The paragraph does not say to ignore it, and it does not carry it out. Ordinary appearance is the visual Level 2 record. A mundic procedure is separate, and Cornwall Council describes a core test it does not provide. Looks do not award Class A, B or C. The survey has not pretended that they do.