Level 3 survey concerns...

mygeraniumshavedonewellthisyear

Hi, I'm hoping that someone might be able to give some advice. I'm in the process of buying an Edwardian end of terrace house and this has come back in the level 3 structural survey: Outward lateral deflection/bulge to the left

side gable wall requiring further engineer's inspection. This will require restraint and tying into the floor structures. 

Is this common in properties of this type and age and this sound somehwat alarmist, and if not, do you have an idea as to how much it might cost to sort out? The house is in Essex.

Thanks so much!

Albermarle

mygeraniumshavedonewellthisyear said:

Hi, I'm hoping that someone might be able to give some advice. I'm in the process of buying an Edwardian end of terrace house and this has come back in the level 3 structural survey: Outward lateral deflection/bulge to the left

side gable wall requiring further engineer's inspection. This will require restraint and tying into the floor structures. 

Is this common in properties of this type and age and this sound somehwat alarmist, and if not, do you have an idea as to how much it might cost to sort out? The house is in Essex.

Thanks so much!

When we bought our first ( Victorian ) house, our homebuyer survey said almost exactly the same.
We had a structural engineer out and although he hedged his bets, he said just to monitor it and if it did not move anymore then nothing needed to be done.
To be on the safe side we arranged to takeover the vendors home insurance.
To my untrained eye it never moved and when we sold the house, the buyers never mentioned it.

stuart45

It's quite common on older terraced properties. If the stairs are next to the gable it makes it more difficult to tie it. If not, it's normally a relatively simple job to do. Twistfix etc make lateral restraint ties you fix through the wall into the joists.