Innes's Job

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1. What’s Innes’s job?

2. Did Innes have to study?

3. What would Innes like to do if he didn’t have his current job?

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Hello Innes. Welcome to Mansion Ingles.

Hello Craig, how are you?

Very well thank you.

Good, good, good.

What do you for a ?

Erm…I’m a chartered surveyor, Craig.

I see, and … erm … is that in London?

Erm … just of London in … in a called Essex.

So what does a chartered surveyor do in Essex. Can you tell us about a day?

My job’s quite really, .. erm … if someone in England decides to buy a house, erm … they me to look at the house and tell them if there are any needed, mainly.

I see. Did you have to study for a long time for this job?

Erm … a very long time Craig. Erm … fortunately that’s now over, and erm … my main job is now houses.

Do you get a company car?

Erm … I’m very , yes I get a company car because a lot of…a lot of the time I’m driving on the roads.

How much … erm … holiday do they give you .. er .. every year?

Erm…because I’ve been at the company for a of years, I get five weeks holiday a year.

So, what do you think is the best thing about your job, is it the car, the holidays…?

No, it’s…it’s in my mind being a . Looking at the house where the are trying to the defects for obvious reasons.

Why…why would the owners try to the defects?

Because they’re trying to sell their house, and they want the buyer to think their house is in very very good .

Uh ha

My job is to … erm … if possible .. erm .. find any that are covered, or not known to the .

I see. Erm … what’s the worst thing about your job?

Erm..the worst thing about my job is looking in people’s drains, or down their toilets.

I see. If you were not a chartered surveyor, what you like to do?

Th..s… a very good question, Craig. Erm … ideally I’d like to be a like Tiger Woods or a fly fisherman.

Well, good luck with of those.

I’m grateful for that Craigy

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