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Victorian roof with no felt under slates

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  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    Fire_Fox wrote: »
    With respect, no you did not. A valuation report is a valuation report, and a structural survey is a structural survey.
    With respect, a valuation survey doesn't cost £500 and I suspect that both of you may have your terminology slightly wrong.


    There is now no such thing as a 'full structural survey' though people still speak of it when they mean a Buildings survey.


    Sometmes a valuation may be extended by the same surveyor to produce a Homebuyers' report, which may have happened here.
  • Poppycat68
    Poppycat68 Posts: 19 Forumite
    It just means that the age of the tiles is of a certain age, as use of felt came in later than when your house was built This means that you should probably get a roofer to have a look and determine if there is ingress and replacements needed.
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