Small woodworm problem - £2000???

sleepyhappy

Hi all,

Looking for some advice. We're in the process of selling our 110 year old ground floor flat. A specialist woodworm surveyor was brought in by our buyers, who reported a very small area of likely active woodworm in one part of the kitchen - rest is unaffected & the remainder of the flat is carpeted or covered in engineered wood. The solicitors for our buyers have requested a figure of £2000 to have this treated, given that the floorboards in kitchen need to be stripped, treated & revarnished. They also seem to be suggesting that this figure will also be used to check other areas of the flat & treat if necessary. Still seems s lot to me. The surveyor said to us that it was a really small area, a very small problem, & it wouldn't put him off the flat.

This seems very excessive to me!

Does anyone have any knowledge or experience of this?

£2000 is going to break our bank if we have to do this, so any ideas would be really gratefully received!

diable

Do you want to sell the flat or not? You could come to a compromise and say that you will reduce the price by £1000.

sleepyhappy

Yes, we do want to sell. The reason I posted was because the figure of 2000 seems to have been plucked from thin air as far as I can see, so wanted to see if anyone has any experience of likely costs for this.

Thanks

ormus

25 yrs ago now, i did my own in the last house. a tin of chemical stuff cost me about a tenner. (cant remember the name of it).
after applying, i left the house empty for 24 hrs.

when i sold the house 12 yrs ago, no mention was made of any woodworm.