Home survey tools

Two short tools sit beside the guides. One restates the RICS meanings of condition ratings 1, 2, 3, NI and R. The other sorts a decision into get a quote, talk to your solicitor, or treat the item as maintenance. Neither scores the house or invents a discount. Last reviewed 24 October 2026. Reviewer: not yet assigned.

• Which condition rating do the surveyor’s words describe?

  A checker that maps the words in a RICS Home Survey to ratings 1, 2, 3, NI or the document mark R. It does not re-rate a house.

• A question flow: renegotiate, wait, or walk away?

  Three questions that sort a survey into ‘get a quote’, ‘ask your solicitor’ or ‘this is maintenance’, with no score and no invented discount.

The sourced articles are still the pages to cite. Start with the guides or the glossary.