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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.