Victorian Solid walls and concrete render

Amixo3032

I got a Victorian house and the walls are quite thin in some rooms but downstairs is really rock hard so 

magice

FaceHead said:

Ventilation is broadly good, which I suppose is what's keeping us afloat. Both upstairs and downstairs front rooms have fireplaces in (one decorative and loosely blocked + airbrick and one in use as a wood burner). The windows have trickle vents, but we don't actually find they are required much.

The concrete render on the outside has been around a while (predates google street view in 2007, but I would guess it was done in the '70s). The plasterboard on the inside is a 2 year old addition, but before that it was at least skimmed over with gypsum, probably for at least a couple of decades. 

This is really good to hear. You usually only hear horror stories about houses in this state (with the current thinking trends) so good to know that it can be managed.