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Building Survey has come back - Arghhh! Need some advice please....

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  • DRP
    DRP Posts: 4,287 Forumite
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    Dalmation wrote: »
    Thanks, the roof is ok - a few loose tiles. At the moment it has 2 boilers.... a newish one for the ground floor and a prehistoric one for the 1st & 2nd floors.

    you could find out if they have been regularly serviced - althoug be wary a vendor may bend the truth (like ours did!), so might be worth getting the opinion of a pro.
  • Dan-Dan
    Dan-Dan Posts: 5,279 Forumite
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    be careful though , you would have presumably seen the prehistoric boiler , for example , on viewing and subsequently the EA and Vendor probably wont appreciate your changing offer price based on it needing replacing
    Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
  • Dalmation
    Dalmation Posts: 37 Forumite
    Dan-Dan wrote: »
    be careful though , you would have presumably seen the prehistoric boiler , for example , on viewing and subsequently the EA and Vendor probably wont appreciate your changing offer price based on it needing replacing

    My main concern is the chimneys - does anyone know how/which trade can sort chimney damp?
  • LandyAndy
    LandyAndy Posts: 26,377 Forumite
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    Dalmation wrote: »
    My main concern is the chimneys - does anyone know how/which trade can sort chimney damp?


    Do they just need repointing or are they crumbling away?
  • Dalmation
    Dalmation Posts: 37 Forumite
    LandyAndy wrote: »
    Do they just need repointing or are they crumbling away?

    They're 'just' damp.
  • DRP
    DRP Posts: 4,287 Forumite
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    Dalmation wrote: »
    They're 'just' damp.

    detected how? visible? a 'damp-meter' ?
  • harrys_dad
    harrys_dad Posts: 1,997 Forumite
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    To be honest all of that sounds to me like pretty standard stuff for a victorian house, and maybe even better than you could expect (I bought one four years ago built in 1895). If I was the vendor I would not countenance any price reduction unless I was desperate for a sale.
  • Dalmation
    Dalmation Posts: 37 Forumite
    harrys_dad wrote: »
    To be honest all of that sounds to me like pretty standard stuff for a victorian house, and maybe even better than you could expect (I bought one four years ago built in 1895). If I was the vendor I would not countenance any price reduction unless I was desperate for a sale.

    Thanks for the positive there. We've got the house at a very good price so I don't think the vendor would knock any more off.
  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
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    Dalmation wrote: »
    Thanks, the roof is ok - a few loose tiles. .

    They roof is slates, isnt it?
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
  • Dalmation
    Dalmation Posts: 37 Forumite
    DRP wrote: »
    detected how? visible? a 'damp-meter' ?

    It says that "dampness was evident at the head of all chimney breasts on the upper floor level and further investigation as to the cause of water penetration and remedial work is required"
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