Advice on Survey which didn't pick up mould problems

davidmcn

SavingLouLou said:

AdrianC said:

SavingLouLou said:

AdrianC said:

SavingLouLou said:

Not in the kitchen, unless you opened a cupboard door and could see the back.

And would that cupboard have been full of the previous owner's stuff at the time of the survey?

yes it would have had their stuff in. 

So no way the surveyor could have seen it, then?

Surveyors don't move fridges and empty stuff out of cupboards.

In the lounge, there were some black spots on a wall / in a top corner. That was visible. 

"Some black spots" doesn't sound particularly significant. I wouldn't expect a survey to mention every bit of mould they spotted, only material problems.

RelievedSheff

You have been in the property a year. You have no redress from the surveyor. 

Ventilate and heat your property properly.

SavingLouLou

JGB1955 said:

I think, basically, everyone is saying you have  NIL chance of any redress.  A cold room with no heater (you've admitted that yourself) is going to get damp unless there is sufficient air circulation.  We live in a 1980s house and noticed some mould in one of our (unused) bedroom ceilings.  Bit of bleach, open the window - job's done!

Thanks for taking the time to advise. Advice is what I came here for! Everyone I have mentioned to it have been surprised nothing was picked up on the survey hence my question. Just a shame it wasn't taken care by previous owners and an expensive survey picked up nothing, but lots put in place now to keep it damp and mould free. 

SavingLouLou

RelievedSheff said:

You have been in the property a year. You have no redress from the surveyor. 

Ventilate and heat your property properly.

As you can see from my explanation of having installed a radiator in the room, using a dehumidifier and getting work done on the holes and damp/mold floor repair, that's certainly what I am doing.