Much more straight forward here - we don't do them ๐
There is the standard protection for a buyer against hidden faults you can't see as you go round. 'Vice cachรฉ'. Any major work carried out by a professional legally has a 10 year guarantee.
The first time we bought here on the day we signed the initial contract the agent got his calendar out counted 3 months and said the sale would be completed that week, he apologise he couldn't be more precise. Yes, he was right and it held true for the sale of that house & purchase of this one. It also worked for the house my wife bought as a workshop and again for its sale.
Oh, something you will like - once both parties have agreed should either pull out they have to pay 10% of the price in compensation. Both parties can put clauses into the contract to cover eventualities such as not getting a loan. For us we stipulated that both of us should be alive and for the purchase of this house that the other was sold within a period of 6 months, the seller had to accept that. It turned out not to be a problem as we sold in less than 1 week. . .
Ca, c'est la vie en rose!
Oh, there are surveys for lead, energy efficiency and electrical conformity - forgot about those, but everyone just shrugs and files them ๐