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Failed declaration of dry rot

PurityExiled · 2016-12-12 12:16:16

Hello I’m after a bit of advice. My mother bought a ground floor flat just over a year ago. We had a surveyor produce a homebuyers report and the sellers completed their declaration stating that there were no issues with damp etc in the property. We started seeing red dust soon after she moved in and it has turned out that…

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Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite

12 December 2016 at 6:38PM

armchaireconomist wrote: »

I considered the same after purchasing the building survey at extra cost - he failed to notice the rotten wooden window (said all were uPVC), broken front & back doors (seals gone, 1 shattered on front - stated they were good condition), the woodworm infested stairs (said they were in good sturdy condition), knackered floorboards, cracked tiles, woodlice infestation, the list goes on... I seriously doubt he did anything other than 15 minute whip round.

Did you miss the obvious as well?

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