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Chimney Support Needed
joebloggs09
Posts: 78 Forumite
HI All
Selling our property on the buyers survey it has come up with the point the chimney needs support, the property is a semi detached so makes matters abit more difficult & I do not see eye to eye with next door we are joint onto, but sure I will have to find out what the position is on their chimney, if their chimney breast has been taken out etc.
Contacted the local Council but abit vague over the phone when asking about building regs, they did state I would need a structural engineer and then council building officer would have to double check the work.
Not heard back from buyer as yet but just trying to get some info, I will have to see what the buyer & their solicitor comes back with.
Sorry for the long Read any advice would be super.
Many thanks
Selling our property on the buyers survey it has come up with the point the chimney needs support, the property is a semi detached so makes matters abit more difficult & I do not see eye to eye with next door we are joint onto, but sure I will have to find out what the position is on their chimney, if their chimney breast has been taken out etc.
Contacted the local Council but abit vague over the phone when asking about building regs, they did state I would need a structural engineer and then council building officer would have to double check the work.
Not heard back from buyer as yet but just trying to get some info, I will have to see what the buyer & their solicitor comes back with.
Sorry for the long Read any advice would be super.
Many thanks
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on the scant info provided advice is difficult, on the basis the buyer's surveyor did not (presumably) go in next door, why do they say the chimney needs support -
- have you had bits of it removed? (you should know what needs supporting then and the support will be in your house not next door so they are irrelevant!)
- or is the top visible above the roofline leaning, towards who? you or your neighbour? if it falls over then whose insurance will pay out, his if he caused it , both if its just age?, you if you obviously. Why does it need fixing now?0 -
if it needs support only, then many builders can do it, and very cheap too. not worth entertianing, as the buyer can do it once they move in...house not perfect or they can buy a new build.My posts are just my opinions and are not offered as legal advice - though I consider them darn fine opinions none the less.:cool2:
My bad spelling...well I rush type these opinions on my own time, so sorry, but they are free.:o0 -
if it falls over then whose insurance will pay out, his if he caused it , both if its just age?, you if you obviously. Why does it need fixing now?
Of course, that assumes he has insurance. Maybe he hasn't!0 -
- have you had bits of it removed? (you should know what needs supporting then and the support will be in your house not next door so they are irrelevant!)
We have not had any of the chimney taken out.
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if the chimney breasts have been removed then the chimney stack on the roof either needs support, or you could knock it down altogether provided there are adequate ways to ventilate any gas applicances in the house0
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