sorry for late reply, but for the record, yes I did buy 30 years ago & yes they were fussy back then too, but it was fussy in a different way
- how long you;d saved with the BS, whether you were fit & proper to have one of their motgages etc.
& yes, I did have repair conditions imposed once, but they were of little consequence.There's been a sea change, especially in the last 5 years: in a number of quite high profile court cases Sols & BS/bank have been left holding the baby - essentially because they didn't assume their client (the house buyer) was stupid. Extra Qs have been put in the std questionairre & the surveyor's report will be studied far more carefully than it was 30 years ago.
Beware it is is going to get worse especially if the govt's proposed house sellers package comes in - quite possibly before long you're going to have to declare all the work you've done on the house. The OP is best advised to leave as few loose ends as possible for any future surveyor's report.