Is this serious on a mortgage valuation survey?

Burnley_Lad

I had my mortgage valuation survey today, and I'm guessing it went ok, but two things that I am aware of that he noticed are:

slight cracking of artex on the kitchen and bathroom ceilings

a couple of windows where the double glazing has failed and there is condensation between the panes of glass

Are either of these two things serious??

clairehi

I doubt it.

as long as its a hairline crack due to slight movement and the ceiling isnt about to come down, it can be put right (if anyone can be bothered) as part of redecoration, and is non urgent.

failed double glazing came out as non urgent on our homebuyers -again something to put right at some point in the future as part of general maintenance.

plane_boy2000

Do you know when the double glazing was installed? Sometime it has very long guarantees, and may be covered for 10 years so if the fitter is still in business then you may be able to get in repaired for free

Burnley_Lad

plane_boy2000 wrote:

Do you know when the double glazing was installed? Sometime it has very long guarantees, and may be covered for 10 years so if the fitter is still in business then you may be able to get in repaired for free

I'm afraid it was 16 years ago - when the house was built.

theGrinch

is it a terraced house?

Burnley_Lad

theGrinch wrote:

is it a terraced house?

no, semi detached.

JanCee

Neither of the above are serious. My house is 100 years old and is full of cracks - I would be hard pushed to find a ceiling or wall without a crack in it.

All double glazing will fail eventually, you can get just the sealed parts replaced without having to replace the whole window, it shouldn't be too expensive and doesn't have to be done immediately.

These just sound like minor points and shouldn't put you off. If you have any concerns phone your surveyor.

Burnley_Lad

JanCee wrote:

Neither of the above are serious. My house is 100 years old and is full of cracks - I would be hard pushed to find a ceiling or wall without a crack in it.

All double glazing will fail eventually, you can get just the sealed parts replaced without having to replace the whole window, it shouldn't be too expensive and doesn't have to be done immediately.

These just sound like minor points and shouldn't put you off. If you have any concerns phone your surveyor.

thanks - I should have made it clearer that it's for the house I'm selling, not for the one I'm buying.

Ian_W

Only thing is if I was the buyer I'd be talking to you about getting the failed units replaced or reflecting them in the price. After all if you're buying a house with double glazing and some of it'd "failed" then it's a partially double glazed house.

Providing the crack is harline it's usually nowt serious, quite often just the artex having dried out.

silvercar

Ian_W wrote:

Only thing is if I was the buyer I'd be talking to you about getting the failed units replaced or reflecting them in the price. After all if you're buying a house with double glazing and some of it'd "failed" then it's a partially double glazed house.

If I was the seller I'd tell you that wear and tear on double glazing units is normal. Live with it or fix it. They were reflected in the price when your offer was accepted!

Ian_W

So it was described in the property details as "partially double glazed" was it? Must have missed that when I was reading them. :rolleyes: