Wall tye replacement & house value

silentotter

Hi, 14 months ago I had some wall tyes replaced on my 1955 built dorma bungalow. The mortar they used for repair where they replaced wall tyes is a different colour to the mortar used when the house was built. They used a dull grey colour where as the mortar used to build the house is a light brown.

Will the wall tye work and new mortar colour affect the value of the house should I wish to sell?

Would be grateful for any advice on this.

Thanks

lewishardwick

I'd say so.

A surveyor will spot it and make a note on their report.

You could be crafty and have the whole building reprinted to hide the work.

Do you have any guarantees for the work and what they actually did? There's a few methods used from what I understand...

silentotter

Oh !!!! how much would it knock of the value? What do you mean by reprint the property?

I have a guarantee for the work. They used a metal detector to detect the wall ties and replaced the old corroded fish tails with the stainless rod ties.

Furts

It sounds like the wrong colour sand has been used in the mix. Typically red sand will give a grey mortar, and yellow sand is what you need. Also too much cement will make a grey mix regardless of the sand colour. Too much cement in a mix is not good news.

A probability is this - if the contractors could not care less about your sand colour, and/or were clueless on sand cement ratios, then how can they be trusted to build in new wall ties? On this basis I, and any professional, would immediately be cautious of buying your home.

27cool

I would have thought that the replacement of wall ties would improve the value. It's an expense that a prospective purchaser would not have to pay, and they would have the security of knowing that the job had already been done.
Personally the colour difference would not bother me. I always have been of the opinion that changes in brickwork colour and evidence of repair work illustrates the history of a building.
No-one would think it a bad thing to see on the fabric of an old building, so why not on a newer building.
Having said the above I might add, that when I built my house. I had the cavity wall insulation done from the inside so that nothing was visible from the outside.

LandyAndy

silentotter wrote: »

Oh !!!! how much would it knock of the value? What do you mean by reprint the property?

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typo: repoint.