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A standard domestic survey in the TW area runs £150 to £350 depending on how much drain there is to inspect, and a homebuyer survey with a full written report starts around £250. The price is fixed and agreed before we start. If the survey finds something that needs fixing and we do the repair, the survey fee is credited against that work, so you never pay twice to learn the same fact.

A plain-English report of exactly what is down there, where it is, and what if anything genuinely needs doing, plus the camera footage. No jargon without translation and no invented urgent works. If the drain is healthy, the report says so, which is a perfectly good outcome and the one we hope for.

Most domestic surveys take one to two hours on site, depending on how much pipework there is and how findable the inspection chambers are. It is a planned visit rather than an emergency, so we book it at a time that suits you. If water is actually backing up right now, call about the blockage first and survey afterwards.

Yes, and before exchange rather than after. Much of the the TW area housing stock runs on original clay drains, and a collapsed drain becomes the buyer's problem the moment the property is yours. A survey around £250 before exchange can save you a £3,000 plus excavation afterwards, and lenders and insurers increasingly ask for one anyway.

Usually yes. We can enter the system through a gully, a rodding eye, or an internal access point, and if the chamber exists but has been paved or decked over we can often locate it rather than guess. Not knowing where your covers are is completely normal and finding them is part of the job, not an extra.

We provide the camera footage and a written report in the format insurers ask for, which is what you need when claiming for accidental drain damage under a buildings policy. We cannot promise how any particular insurer will decide, but we can make sure the evidence side is properly documented and dated.

If the same drain has blocked more than twice, yes. Repeat blockages in the same spot mean something structural is causing them: roots, a dropped joint, scale, or a slumped section. Clearing it again treats the symptom and you will be calling someone back in a few months. The camera finds the cause once.

A survey between tenancies is the useful rhythm, because a dated report is clean evidence of drain condition at handover and settles arguments about who caused what. For older properties on original clay, or anywhere with a history of blockages, every few years is sensible even without a tenancy change.