Am i being rational or am i just paranoid ?

thesaint

The agent wants rid of this property urgently.

The agent will slap 3 coats of Wickes cheapest emulsion on it, and deal(at best) with your complaints in the winter when it starts to show through.

Get a copy of the written report and go from there.

dazzer1467

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Plus all of the other questions you asked when you viewed your current property.

our current property was fully refurbed when we moved in so everything was new (carpets,cooker,repainted walls etc) so we didnt have many questions to ask,current LL is a builder by trade so everything was to a very good standard

BitterAndTwisted

The damp on the wall in the front room: is this an exterior wall? Is there any sign of water having run down the outside?

Many people who are on a very low budget tend to compromise on the amount of heat they use in the winter-time. Compound this with not opening the windows to ventilate adequately and you have the ideal conditions for condensation and consequent mould. The risk is increased exponentially if laundry is dried indoors. It's possible that this is what the previous tenants may have done. Once the wall and paintwork has had time to dry out properly the only thing to do then is to paint over it.

dazzer1467

G_M wrote: »

This is why it's important to know what caused the damp and what the treatment is!

If you ask, and they can't give a sensible answer, this implies the solution is guesswork!
On the other hand, if they say "there are 5 missing tiles on the roof and we are replacing them", that seems sensible!

i should have added that the property is mid-terrace

dazzer1467

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

The damp on the wall in the front room: is this an exterior wall? Is there any sign of water having run down the outside?

Many people who are on a very low budget tend to compromise on the amount of heat they use in the winter-time. Compound this with not opening the windows to ventilate adequately and you have the ideal conditions for condensation and consequent mould. The risk is increased exponentially if laundry is dried indoors. It's possible that this is what the previous tenants may have done. Once the wall and paintwork has had time to dry out properly the only thing to do then is to paint over it.

would pictures help to show the severity ?

G_M

dazzer1467 wrote: »

i should have added that the property is mid-terrace

Ah!

So not missing tiles on the roof then.

dazzer1467

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

The damp on the wall in the front room: is this an exterior wall? Is there any sign of water having run down the outside?

the property is mid terrace

Marshflower

It might also be worth asking google about common causes of damp and their various treatment options so you can appear like you know what you are talking about when you ask for the causes and discuss what they have done to treat it. Hopefully they won't but they may try and take advantage if you seem clueless and tell you about some convuluted, fictitious treatment process.

dazzer1467

Marshflower wrote: »

It might also be worth asking google about common causes of damp and their various treatment options so you can appear like you know what you are talking about when you ask for the causes and discuss what they have done to treat it. Hopefully they won't but they may try and take advantage if you seem clueless and tell you about some convuluted, fictitious treatment process.

will do

thesaint

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Once the wall and paintwork has had time to dry out properly the only thing to do then is to paint over it.

This is what I suspect they will do, and if they do, the mould will be back.