Raised path, Survey needed, where to start???

iheartbristol

Hi Everyone

My other half and I are in the process of buying a 1930s semi.

The kitchen and bathroom extend about 1 meter past the back of the house on the detached side, an extension that was done when the house was built.

However around the back of the kitchen, effectively on two sides of the far back corner, the path seems to have raised up around where the drain is, about 4 inches. Apparently this happened this winter just gone.

We were going to have a full structural survey in order to get to the bottom of this but the surveyor convinced us to get a homebuyers report given the age of the house (we did tell him all about the path), which we are now waiting to be organised. We'd still like to get a specialist to check what's going on around that path but have no idea where, who or how (the homebuyers survey will likely recommend it and we want to get a headstart now). Googling isn't proving very fruitful - maybe I'm searching on the wrong terms. If anyone has any ideas I'd really appreciate it.

We obviously don't want a full structural survey on top of the homebuyers, just someone to really investigate that bit of the house. I for one suspect that the drain could have cracked, water leaked out and when it froze, pushed up the path. But no idea which type of specialist to get

Thanks

Benji

You need a chartered surveyor. I had to employ one a couple of years ago, and found a huge difference in price, so shop around. TBH, I would be suprised if the cost of he survey you have already booked PLUS the survey for the drain doesn't come to more or less the same as a full survey - you may as well get everything checked.