Worrying amount of 3s in home buyer report

Joncase94

Hey guys .. pirhasing our first house and are really worried about the housing report.. that he house is still valued at 105,000 according to the surveyor but we don’t have a lot of cash sat around to correct these issues.. the house had been renovated apparently which indicated the inflated price of the property (in our opinion)

The 3s;
1) The main roof is pithed and covered with interlocking concrete tiles. The main roof is lined with sarking felt. There are lead flashings to the roof abutments. There is a pitched tile roof to the rear extension.

The rear extension roof has a shallow pitch which may not be adequate for the roof covering laid. There is a risk water penetration may occur as a result... he recommends getting a professional in to inspect it and find the cost to rectify it.

2) there is moss growing on the roof covering and it’s roots could cause damage to the roof covering.

3) no evidence in a damp proof course and no evidence that the cavity walls in the extension have been insulated since construction.
He has recorded high damp meter readings in many of the walls downstairs.

4) the party walls contains holes and gaps. They should be built up, with fire retardant materials and seeled to the underside of the roof covering to provide adequate fire separation between the dwellings. Masonry within the roof space is loose and crumbling and repairs are now required.

5) the floor tiles in the understairs cupboard may contain asbestos but this can only be determined by taking a sample for analysis.

Thanks for any advice guys!

lewisa

3) - did it smell damp when you viewed? If not I wouldn't be too concerned. Surveyors are experts at finding damp so they can put it in their report and therefore indemnify themselves against any future claim for not finding it.

4) Pretty common on older houses to have gaps in the loft party walls, around the purlins etc. I wouldn't be too concerned unless it was like "OMG I can almost squeeze through that gap into nextdoor."

The masonry crumbling could be bit of a worry though. Depends what it is, could be anything from a couple of loose bricks to a chimney stack about to collapse.

5) Loads of houses built before about 1980/90 or possibly later will contain asbestos. Don't think it was banned until early 2000s. I've had surveys done on 4 buildings and the only one which didn't have asbestos was a property built in about 1800.

armchaireconomist

Sounds like you need a bricky to rebuild a bit of wall and not much else.


Damp? 9/10 all houses have high readings somewhere
Asbestos? 9/10 all reports suggest sample for analysis
Moss? 9/10 houses have it on roof, climb up with a brush and take it off