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Buying a house without surveyor - what right do you have in case of the problems?

Filq · 2021-09-24 14:34:15

Hello, I've bought the house this year without surveyor.I have found recently that bathroom wet floor made 3 years ago by previous owner is leaking and wooden space between bathroom on the first floor and dinning room below is all damp and molded. The defect was hidden and I noticed it only when I took down ceiling in…

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Mojisola Posts: 35,571 Forumite

26 September 2021 at 11:54AM

sheramber said:

pinkshoes said:

How did you discover the damp between the floorboards and ceiling? If there was mould there, then it sounds like it was a very slow leak over the 3 years so the previous owner is unlikely to have known.

The defect was hidden and I noticed it only when I took down ceiling in order to install wiring for new lamps.

Then how do you expect anyone else, including the previous owner, to have known about it?

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