SallyG

Thanks for your response. We did actually have a valid BSS certificate due to run out in July 2021. 4 years ago the same surveyor had said regarding the BSS "get these few (simple) jobs done and next time there'll be no problem" We thought we'd sell it with a recent certificate not realising that things that had passed the inspection last time (ie wiring loom) wouldn't pass this time! Nothing had changed on the boat but I assume the rules have changed.

Tam & Di, Good point. Thank you. Alan de Enfield. Thank you just the information I needed.

Thanks for your advice which is much appreciated. It is actually a buyers survey not a sellers survey, commissioned and paid for by the buyers who then walked away. It's very detailed. I do get the point, though, about it only being valid whilst the surveyor is present. However, we have someone else very interested in the boat and willing to accept the survey and word of the very reputable boat yard that has worked on the advisories for the last 3 weeks. I just wondered if, to have the name on the survey transferred, we would have to have the permission of the original buyers who commissioned the survey. Thanks.

Thank you, that's reassuring. We have a copy of the survey so is there a way this can become ours. I've heard of the name of a survey being transferred, does this procedure involve permission from the original purchasers. They have just 'walked away' from it all and it seems a waste of money to have to pay for another survey when this one is so recent. We have acted on all the advisories, as we promised the original buyers we would, and the boat is good to go now. It's a more attractive proposition with a current survey. Thanks for your advice.

Hi, Does anyone know the situation with BSS certificates when a buyer has backed out of the sale. Our boat is up for sale and an interested person has paid for a survey and a BSS examination then had second thoughts and backed out of the sale. We proceeded to get the advisories carried out and now need the new certificate. Will the surveyor supply us with the certificate as the prospective buyer is no longer interested? Thanks