It is imperative that you hire the best surveyor available and that your search to identify that person is given priority treatment as soon as you are ready to write up an offer.
Jeff Merrill
Your hull surveyor is the person with the largest influence on the outcome of your trawler transaction. It is imperative that you hire the best surveyor available and that your search to identify that person is given priority treatment as soon as you are ready to write up an offer.
Some buyers treat the hiring of their hull surveyor as an afterthought. This is a mistake. The logistics of contract signing, deposit, haulout yard and travel require coordinated planning. If you wait too long—or if you get sidetracked with other priorities—you may have to settle on whichever surveyor is left instead of whichever surveyor is best. To avoid this problem, we advise clients to block off the survey and haulout dates before they even submit an offer. Having those dates allows a top surveyor to pencil you in, pending your boat’s contract being signed.
We also encourage clients—before booking a surveyor—to confirm that the lender and insurer will accept a particular surveyor’s report….
