Need help making sense of survey

Ronoli14

Turns out the homebuyer's report was never booked and only a basic valuation was done. Not sure where the fault lies. Either with our broker or the mortgage lender. We have arranged a home buyer's report ourselves for after the new year. Even though we have our offer, we still felt it was worth getting as the house is quite a old house ( built in 1960).

At least I can now relax a little over the holiday
merry Christmas to you all

Money_Bunny

We had exactly the same comment about the flat roof on the survey for our last house. It kept going for several years and wasn't done for until the day of the Kensal Rise Tornado (if anyone remembers that).

The cost to replace a flat roof depends very much on the size - it might only be a few hundreds for a smallish one (though I appreciate a few hundreds might seem a lot at the moment). Its a relatively straightforward job - no where near in the same league as replacing a pitched roof.

You can probably tell quite a lot about the condition of the flat roof just by looking at it. Does it look old? Is it covered in moss and/or can you see any bubbles? Is there any water staining on the ceiling beneath the roof? To be honest I wouldn't expect a surveyor to give you any insights on the matter beyond what you can see for yourself if you look properly.

Also, the vendor may know when the roof was installed?

holly_hobby

Just to add my 2 pennies ...

The comments re the flat roof are, as already stated, completely standard, and on every survey I've ever seen where there is a flat roof in situ.

The recommended refurbishment is circa 10 yrs, which generally involves removing the failing covering, followed by replace water membrane, re-felting and pitch, flashing etc with ideally a finish of drainage stones (called ballast - which are small loose stones/gravel which are there to really help avoid and protect from extremes of temps, sun dehydration damage etc, and pooling of water - and really help prolong the life of the roof).

Depending upon the size it can be a one or 2 man job, and if relatively small, even something a keen DIY'er could tackle !

So, nothing to worry about, and keep an eye on it - in fact someone I know has a small flat roof to a little annex, and its still going strong 30 odd yrs later !! (which he's convinced this is all down to the ballast - and who's to argue !).

Hope this helps

Holly

bigadaj

Holly, you'll need to change hour avatar now, hard hat and rigger boots for you now!

opinions4u

bigadaj wrote: »

Holly, you'll need to change hour avatar now, hard hat and rigger boots for you now!

Quite a turn on!

getmore4less

Does the property have any flat roof.

Get up an have a look, good time to do this to check it is draining properly.

Also look inside to see if there has been any signs of leaks(freshly painted) any access to the roof space have a look check insulation at the same time.

Ask when it last had work done.

There are now many options to cover flat roofss.

holly_hobby

bigadaj wrote: »

Holly, you'll need to change hour avatar now, hard hat and rigger boots for you now!

Yes ... I must put that Nurse's outfit away !!!

opinions4u wrote: »

Quite a turn on!

Naughty ....

H xx