Client's Instructions form with Conditions of Engagement Glossary A guide to the more commonly used words Building Survey Report (previously known as a Structural Survey) The most detailed and comprehensive report, providing a full picture of the property’s construction and condition, giving details of defects, major and minor, and providing technical advice on problems and on remedial works.. A valuation is not included. Sample of Valuation Report A brief report giving the value of a property, noting any major defects that would affect the value of the property. Sample of Main Element Report A briefer report than a building survey, giving concise assistance, principally focusing on significant details of the main elements, both internally and externally. A valuation is not included, and therefore the fee is less than a building survey or a Homebuyer Survey & Valuation. Prospective purchasers often have this report in addition to a separate mortgage valuation report (as the valuation part of the Homebuyer Survey & Valuation would be superfluous).