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Homebuyers Report back - lots of 2s and 3s, how concerned should I be?
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CrikeyBananas wrote: »The vendor indicated that a dpc was carried out four years ago though.
or perhaps given it's a basement perhaps the walls were 'tanked'?
I'd ask and find out exactly what was done if I were you.......
If the cause of the damp (external ground level, render) was not identified and fixed, a chemcal dpc would have been a pointless and expensive excercise..........0 -
I have no idea what exactly was done, they just indicated a damp proof course. I will check things out further.
Thanks for the helpful advice, G_M!0
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