Purchase regret or reason to worry?

gazb_2

You really need to calm down you’re going to make yourself ill with worry! Think of it this way, the house has been built for almost 70 years and it’s gone nowhere

Marleysmummy99

ian1246 said:

OP, I think your efforts would honestly be best focused on doing stuff which helps to calm your mind. I would really encourage you to speak to your doctor or reach out to your local NHS lets-talk group - you genuinely sound unwell / like your really starting to Spiral. It's been days now & your moving from one worry to the next to the next - if it continues please do try and get some support, or it could potentially make you quite poorly.

Please reach out for help - a lot of what your seeing and hyper-focusing on are non-issues, but its possibly a sign of you struggling with the changes / mental health.

Your house is going to be OK - but right now the most important thing is making sure you are. 

Thank you. You are right, you all got not judging me and thank you for you kind words. 

I will seek some help. 

Marleysmummy99

Well things have moved on.

First time up in the loft and saw this has been removed!!! Surveyor completely missed this. There looks to have been a wall there that has been removed. The chimney woodwork is held up by bricks throughout the loft except this one. 

I'm getting a structural engineer round. 

gazb_2

What’s directly above that wall? Can you post another picture?

Marleysmummy99

Marleysmummy99 said:

Well things have moved on.

First time up in the loft and saw this has been removed!!! Surveyor completely missed this. There looks to have been a wall there that has been removed. The chimney woodwork is held up by bricks throughout the loft except this one. 

I'm getting a structural engineer round. 

I'll get my husband to take another. It is a massive wood beam spanning the whole loft. House is a 4 bed double fronted detached - wide roof. There are lots of brick walls in the loft holding up the wooden beam but this one removed. 

Marleysmummy99

That wooden beam in the middle spans the loft and should be supported by bricks as it is throughout the lofto

bobster2

If someone has taken out a purlin support wall  (the timber resting on the other brick wall is a purlin) then a purlin might be sagging slightly.

Would likely only cost a few hundred quid to get the purlin propped and the brick wall rebuild.

But it may be the case there was never a wall there. 

Anyway, no reason to panic right now. The roof has not collapsed so far!

BungalowBel

Has your surveyor returned yet?

If so, what did they say?

TheJP

Marleysmummy99 said:

Marleysmummy99 said:

Well things have moved on.

First time up in the loft and saw this has been removed!!! Surveyor completely missed this. There looks to have been a wall there that has been removed. The chimney woodwork is held up by bricks throughout the loft except this one. 

I'm getting a structural engineer round. 

I'll get my husband to take another. It is a massive wood beam spanning the whole loft. House is a 4 bed double fronted detached - wide roof. There are lots of brick walls in the loft holding up the wooden beam but this one removed. 

To me that looks as if thats where the wall ends, i dont think anything was removed. The surveyor will be able to clarify that for you. Whats the ventilation like up there?

bobster2

TheJP said:

Marleysmummy99 said:

Marleysmummy99 said:

Well things have moved on.

First time up in the loft and saw this has been removed!!! Surveyor completely missed this. There looks to have been a wall there that has been removed. The chimney woodwork is held up by bricks throughout the loft except this one. 

I'm getting a structural engineer round. 

I'll get my husband to take another. It is a massive wood beam spanning the whole loft. House is a 4 bed double fronted detached - wide roof. There are lots of brick walls in the loft holding up the wooden beam but this one removed. 

To me that looks as if thats where the wall ends, i dont think anything was removed. The surveyor will be able to clarify that for you. Whats the ventilation like up there?

Yes - it does look like that. All the bricks have their flat surfaces facing upwards - with no mortar remants sticking up. If this was a wall that went higher and had been demolished you'd normally expect to see the frogged (indented) surface upwards.