Are these issues too much for our first house?

getmore4less

Expect more property to come up with mining warnings.

Probably worth getting on the various portals like planning mining flooding etc to do some due diligence before spending money.

Doozergirl

The DPC is seriously breached across the back with that paving - you can see the damp climbing the walls in the kitchen and by the dining room window. The paving needs to be removed.

It's also partially breached by the pavement at the front - not such an easy fix as it's not your land. You can see someone's installed air bricks - pointless as that is a solid floor, not a suspended one. They'll be doing nothing but introducing cold spots to encourage condensation.

I suspect someone's cut into something they shouldn't have for that 'loft conversion' - I'd expect to see the ridge beam protruding in the same way as the purlins - it's not. I wonder if they trimmed it! Would explain the considerable bowing.

I agree with owain's comments about a lack of ventilation and potential rot in the roof timbers - it even looks as if there's some discolouration of the cladding with moisture.

I can't tell you enough to avoid cheap houses with these sorts of 'loft conversions'. The cost of doing it properly is prohibitive when compared to the value of the house, so you can almost guarantee that it's an utter bodge. Don't even view them.

LandyAndy

Showing as SSTC now

Doozergirl

LandyAndy wrote: »

Showing as SSTC now

To the OP, no doubt...

edgex

Why are the window, & door, levels all different between the 3 houses? (pic 1 & 26)

Owain_Moneysaver

They were built like that - probably the builder counted up from uneven ground level, put the door and windows in, then by the time they got to the roof they realised where they need an extra course or two of bricks to level things off with next door.

Puflet

This has far too many current issues and potential future ones to be worth it. In 1995 I bought a house which I totally fell in love with - naff decorations, fixtures & fittings but these were easily replaced. However, its exposed beams/charmingly sloping walls/roof spread/other structural problems have been a nightmare over the years, and I'd have walked away if I'd known then what I know now!