Help, serious first time buyer anxiety

mollycat

Hayley20013 wrote: »

Me again! So after talking to some neighbours, it seems a lot of the houses on this row have the same problem. All ex council and built exactly the same, the floor is big rectangle pieces of some sort of wood nailed to the joists (can you tell I really don’t know what I’m talking about here) they are running the same direction as the joists, am I right in thinking they should be laying across the joists rather than in the same direction and this could be why they are sagging in the middle? I only have one area, some neighbours have more than one as if the floor goes up and down. Yes I will eventually get someone in to look, but trying to put my mind at rest a bit for now. Also if the joists were the problem (sagging) would the ceiling below be showing some problems too as that would be screwed to the bottom of the joist?

Lots of people in the thread have said that based on what you have said it's very likely there is nothing majorly wrong with your floor.; FWIW I would agree with them; my 1960's house has cracks, gaps, bumps and lumps all over the place

I think it's a real shame that despite the reassurances you still seem to be tryng to convince yourself something is amiss.

I don't mean this unkindly, but try and think about something else If you're prone to this kind of catastrophic rumination generally then google is your friend!

Hopefully you look back at this ASAP to see you have been worrying over nothing

robatwork

You didn't confirm but I guess your silence on post #2 speaks volumes. You didn't get a survey. In future you should do this as you obviously worry about small structural issues and that's what a survey should identify.

Hayley20013

Sorry I forgot to reply to that question! No we didn’t get a survey and I have learnt my lesson the hard way :rotfl:

Hayley20013

That’s the best bit of advice I’ve had, I’m off to investigate my house further and find something else to worry about instead. I will be back tomorrow with another desperate post (only joking but in all honesty I’m ruining the joy of owning a house, I'm probably better off posting elsewhere for advice on being an over thinker)

mollycat

Hayley20013 wrote: »

That’s the best bit of advice I’ve had, I’m off to investigate my house further and find something else to worry about instead. I will be back tomorrow with another desperate post (only joking but in all honesty I’m ruining the joy of owning a house, I'm probably better off posting elsewhere for advice on being an over thinker)

Hi Hayley, I know you're probably only half joking; but just in case you're not, don't go "posting somewhere else" you will just get well intentioned but not necessarily correct advice.

Google has tons of stuff for over thinkers, those prone to worry etc.

This is the very first thing I came across but there are literally thousands more sites with similar stuff.

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/anxiety/how-to-stop-worrying.htm

Of course if you ar 100% joking and this doesnt apply to you, aplogies!

Hayley20013

I make a joke of it, but it is a problem! Will have a look at the link you sent, thank you

davidmcn

Hayley20013 wrote: »

Me again! So after talking to some neighbours, it seems a lot of the houses on this row have the same problem.

So have any of them investigated it further or suffered any consequential problems because of it?

Hayley20013

Erm.... no

babyblade41

Funny how things change as time goes on... my first house was 1982.. outside loo and a metal bath at the end of the kitchen.

We were just so over the moon that we were one step closer to owning our own home... it didn't have central heating either...jeez it was bloody cold in the winter.

It was the best time ever.. the house now is still the same , hasn't been extended and pretty much the same colour outside .

We never worried about damp , we both ended up with scabies as we slept on the floor due to no furniture and even better ring worm as well..apparently from the carpets left behind.. we thought is was great that we had carpet until we found out from neighbour that the person died in the house !!

Thing is if you like the house there is very little that can't be overcome ..if you're not sure you should get a decent surveyors report or you will be picking at things constantly without a Scooby