# House buying surveys: Home Survey Fee Index

> The median published figure in the Home Survey Fee Index is 600 GBP across 7 figures from 5 sources' own pages (range 350 to 850 GBP), read 11 October 2026.

Keysvo · https://keysvo.com/datasets/home-survey-fee-index/ · computed 2026-10-19

**Median published figure:** 600 GBP (range 350 to 850 GBP; 7 sources with a figure; 5 of 31 sources read publish one).

5 of the 31 named sources read in full publish a figure; 26 publish none, read 11 October 2026.

The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 600 GBP across 7).

## By survey level

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| survey level Level 2 | 500 GBP | 350 to 700 GBP | 4 |
| survey level Level 3 | 750 GBP | 550 to 850 GBP | 3 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Harding Chartered Surveyors homebuyer survey (London)](https://hardingsurveyors.co.uk/surveys/homebuyers-survey-london) | 850 GBP | Level 3 | 2026-10-11 |
| [Sage Surveyors home survey costs](https://sagesurveyors.com/home-survey-costs/) | 750 GBP | Level 3 | 2026-10-11 |
| [Harding Chartered Surveyors homebuyer survey (London)](https://hardingsurveyors.co.uk/surveys/homebuyers-survey-london) | 700 GBP | Level 2 | 2026-10-11 |
| [Canterbury Surveyors Level 2 homebuyer survey](https://canterburysurveyors.com/rics-building-surveys/level-2-homebuyer-surveys-rics/) | 600 GBP | Level 2 | 2026-10-11 |
| [Cosey Homes RICS chartered surveyors, Leeds](https://www.coseyhomes.co.uk/contact/leeds/) | 550 GBP inc VAT | Level 3 | 2026-10-11 |
| [Sage Surveyors home survey costs](https://sagesurveyors.com/home-survey-costs/) | 400 GBP | Level 2 | 2026-10-11 |
| [I AM Surveyors (Birmingham)](https://iamsurveyors.co.uk/) | 350 GBP | Level 2 | 2026-10-11 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (7)

- [Harding Chartered Surveyors homebuyer survey (London)](https://hardingsurveyors.co.uk/surveys/homebuyers-survey-london), read 2026-10-11: "Building Survey (RICS Level 3) from £850 Older, larger, altered or non-standard properties"
- [Sage Surveyors home survey costs](https://sagesurveyors.com/home-survey-costs/), read 2026-10-11: "Period or listed property survey cost: from £750 (Level 3 recommended)"
- [Harding Chartered Surveyors homebuyer survey (London)](https://hardingsurveyors.co.uk/surveys/homebuyers-survey-london), read 2026-10-11: "Homebuyers Survey (RICS Level 2) from £700 Conventional homes and flats in reasonable condition"
- [Canterbury Surveyors Level 2 homebuyer survey](https://canterburysurveyors.com/rics-building-surveys/level-2-homebuyer-surveys-rics/), read 2026-10-11: "Most of the time, the price is around £600 as a minimum."
- [Cosey Homes RICS chartered surveyors, Leeds](https://www.coseyhomes.co.uk/contact/leeds/), read 2026-10-11: "Starting from £550 incl VAT"
- [Sage Surveyors home survey costs](https://sagesurveyors.com/home-survey-costs/), read 2026-10-11: "Flat or apartment survey cost: from £400 (Level 2)"
- [I AM Surveyors (Birmingham)](https://iamsurveyors.co.uk/), read 2026-10-11: "A Level 2 Home Survey typically starts from around £350 and a Level 3 Building Survey from around £500."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [RICS consumer guide: house surveys, costs and types](https://www.rics.org/consumer-guides/house-surveys-uk-the-costs-types-and-benefits-of-an-rics-home-survey), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Millington Surveyors: what RICS surveyors charge](https://millingtonsurveyors.co.uk/how-much-do-rics-surveyors-charge/), read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Millington Surveyors: average cost of a Level 2 survey](https://millingtonsurveyors.co.uk/what-is-the-average-cost-of-a-level-2-house-survey/), read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [CJ Bloor home survey cost guide](https://www.cjbloor.co.uk/advice/rics-home-survey/home-survey-cost-guide/), read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Prince Surveyors: surveyor cost by service, 2026](https://princesurveyors.co.uk/blog/how-much-does-a-surveyor-cost-uk-fees-by-service-2026/), read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Real Surveying: what an RICS home survey costs](https://realsurveying.co.uk/what-will-your-rics-home-survey-really-cost-in-2025/), read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [AMS Surveys RICS home survey cost guide (North West)](https://www.amssurveys.co.uk/post/rics-home-survey-cost-guide-liverpool-manchester-cheshire-lancashire), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Local Building Surveyor RICS Level 2 homebuyer survey](https://www.localbuildingsurveyor.co.uk/rics-survey-types/rics-level-2-homebuyer-survey), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Cambridge Surveyors homebuyer report quote](https://www.cambsurveyors.co.uk/homebuyer-report-quote), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Lyman Marshall Surveyors: Level 3 survey cost](https://lmsurveyors.co.uk/how-much-does-a-level-3-survey-cost/), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Westville Surveyors: how much is a building survey](https://westvilleassociates.com/blog/how-much-is-a-building-survey), read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [RightSurvey homebuyer survey price comparison](https://www.rightsurvey.co.uk/), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Surveyor Local house survey cost](https://www.surveyorlocal.co.uk/compare-surveys/house-survey-cost), read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Konnect You house survey cost guide](https://www.konnectyou.com/guides/surveying/how-much-does-a-house-survey-cost), read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [HomeOwners Alliance house survey cost guide](https://hoa.org.uk/advice/guides-for-homeowners/i-am-buying/how-much-does-a-house-survey-cost/), read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Home Price Hub house survey costs](https://homepricehub.co.uk/guides/house-survey-costs/), read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Homemove Level 2 survey cost](https://homemove.com/content/cost-of-level-2-survey/), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [MyJobQuote house surveying costs](https://www.myjobquote.co.uk/costs/surveying-a-house), read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [HowMuchItCost Level 3 building survey price](https://howmuchitcost.co.uk/level-3-building-survey-price/), read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Reallymoving surveyor quote panel](https://www.reallymoving.com/quote-forms/surveyors), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Smart Home Surveyors (Essex, London, North Kent)](https://smarthomesurveyors.co.uk/), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Rellim Surveyors RICS Home Survey Level 2](https://www.rellimsurveyors.co.uk/rics-home-survey-level-2), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [London and Kent Surveyors house survey, Kent](https://lksurveyors.co.uk/house-survey-kent/), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [e.surv chartered surveyors, Leeds](https://www.esurv.co.uk/leeds-chartered-surveyors/), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Surveyor Local Kent panel](https://www.surveyorlocal.co.uk/surveyors/kent), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [SurveyCalc UK house survey cost by region](https://housesurveycostcalculator.co.uk/house-survey-cost-by-region), read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 5 of the 31 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 26 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 2 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 7 figures, never sentences; 104 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per RICS-regulated practice from its own price page: the fee (or range) for a Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 survey, whether it is banded by property value or by size, whether a valuation is included at Level 2, the region covered, and whether the firm publishes at all or quotes only through a form. The derivation is the per-level distribution and the REGIONAL gradient measured rather than asserted: the same day's reads already show a Birmingham firm's Level 2 floor at roughly half a London firm's, plus the Level 2-to-Level 3 step as a per cent, the share of practices that publish, and the gap between what a comparison panel reports as the national average and what practices actually put on their own pages. The 'who organises it' question (700/mo) is answered from the same rows: it is the buyer, not the seller, in England and Wales, and the Home Report changes that in Scotland, so the Scottish rows are a different product and are kept separate.

## Sources

- [RICS consumer guide: house surveys, costs and types](https://www.rics.org/consumer-guides/house-surveys-uk-the-costs-types-and-benefits-of-an-rics-home-survey) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [I AM Surveyors (Birmingham)](https://iamsurveyors.co.uk/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Harding Chartered Surveyors homebuyer survey (London)](https://hardingsurveyors.co.uk/surveys/homebuyers-survey-london) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Millington Surveyors: what RICS surveyors charge](https://millingtonsurveyors.co.uk/how-much-do-rics-surveyors-charge/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Millington Surveyors: average cost of a Level 2 survey](https://millingtonsurveyors.co.uk/what-is-the-average-cost-of-a-level-2-house-survey/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [CJ Bloor home survey cost guide](https://www.cjbloor.co.uk/advice/rics-home-survey/home-survey-cost-guide/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Sage Surveyors home survey costs](https://sagesurveyors.com/home-survey-costs/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Prince Surveyors: surveyor cost by service, 2026](https://princesurveyors.co.uk/blog/how-much-does-a-surveyor-cost-uk-fees-by-service-2026/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Real Surveying: what an RICS home survey costs](https://realsurveying.co.uk/what-will-your-rics-home-survey-really-cost-in-2025/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [AMS Surveys RICS home survey cost guide (North West)](https://www.amssurveys.co.uk/post/rics-home-survey-cost-guide-liverpool-manchester-cheshire-lancashire) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Local Building Surveyor RICS Level 2 homebuyer survey](https://www.localbuildingsurveyor.co.uk/rics-survey-types/rics-level-2-homebuyer-survey) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Cambridge Surveyors homebuyer report quote](https://www.cambsurveyors.co.uk/homebuyer-report-quote) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Lyman Marshall Surveyors: Level 3 survey cost](https://lmsurveyors.co.uk/how-much-does-a-level-3-survey-cost/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Westville Surveyors: how much is a building survey](https://westvilleassociates.com/blog/how-much-is-a-building-survey) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [RightSurvey homebuyer survey price comparison](https://www.rightsurvey.co.uk/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Surveyor Local house survey cost](https://www.surveyorlocal.co.uk/compare-surveys/house-survey-cost) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Konnect You house survey cost guide](https://www.konnectyou.com/guides/surveying/how-much-does-a-house-survey-cost) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HomeOwners Alliance house survey cost guide](https://hoa.org.uk/advice/guides-for-homeowners/i-am-buying/how-much-does-a-house-survey-cost/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Home Price Hub house survey costs](https://homepricehub.co.uk/guides/house-survey-costs/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Homemove Level 2 survey cost](https://homemove.com/content/cost-of-level-2-survey/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [MyJobQuote house surveying costs](https://www.myjobquote.co.uk/costs/surveying-a-house) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HowMuchItCost Level 3 building survey price](https://howmuchitcost.co.uk/level-3-building-survey-price/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Reallymoving surveyor quote panel](https://www.reallymoving.com/quote-forms/surveyors) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Checkatrade house survey cost guide](https://www.checkatrade.com/blog/cost-guides/house-survey-costs/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Cosey Homes RICS chartered surveyors, Leeds](https://www.coseyhomes.co.uk/contact/leeds/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Canterbury Surveyors Level 2 homebuyer survey](https://canterburysurveyors.com/rics-building-surveys/level-2-homebuyer-surveys-rics/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Smart Home Surveyors (Essex, London, North Kent)](https://smarthomesurveyors.co.uk/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Rellim Surveyors RICS Home Survey Level 2](https://www.rellimsurveyors.co.uk/rics-home-survey-level-2) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [London and Kent Surveyors house survey, Kent](https://lksurveyors.co.uk/house-survey-kent/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [e.surv chartered surveyors, Leeds](https://www.esurv.co.uk/leeds-chartered-surveyors/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Surveyor Local Kent panel](https://www.surveyorlocal.co.uk/surveyors/kent) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [SurveyCalc UK house survey cost by region](https://housesurveycostcalculator.co.uk/house-survey-cost-by-region) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [google.com](https://www.google.com/search?q=rics+level+2+homebuyer+survey+cost) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The median published figure in the Home Survey Fee Index is 600 GBP across 7 figures from 5 sources' own pages (range 350 to 850 GBP), read 11 October 2026.
- 5 of the 31 named sources read in full publish a figure; 26 publish none, read 11 October 2026.
- Home Survey Fee Index, survey level Level 2: median 500 GBP across 4 sources, read 11 October 2026.
- Home Survey Fee Index, survey level Level 3: median 750 GBP across 3 sources, read 11 October 2026.
- The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 600 GBP across 7).

Cite as: "Keysvo Home Survey Fee Index", updated 2026-10-19, https://keysvo.com/datasets/home-survey-fee-index/.

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