home buyer's survey

  1. Adamjdmuir

    FTB - masonry cracking

    Hi all, FTB here. Ive had an offer on a house accepted, the surveyor acting for the mortgage advisor has been unable to value the house, on the basis that he has noted that there is structural movement in the form of cracking to masonry, and rhay i now need to get a structural engineer or...
    • Adamjdmuir
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    • building commencement first time buyer home buyer's survey house masonry
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Building
  2. SomethingSomething

    Possible structural issues for property purchase - poor building survey

    Hi All, Looking for some advice please on this probate property to be purchased. It's going for £225k in West Midlands as a 1950s three-bedroom end of terrace with a ground floor extension, with a flat roof, split into two rooms (sitting room and utility room). The property generally needs...
    • SomethingSomething
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    • air bricks crack on walls flat roof leak home buyer's survey no air brick structural engineer sub floor replacement subsidence wet rot
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Building
  3. R

    Rising damp quote

    Hi We are wanting to buy a property which just came back with a level 3 for damp in the home buyers report. The property is a Victorian terrace with solid floors. There was minor evidence of damp when we viewed but we thought it was just condensation and ventilation issues as the property is...
    • RebeccaMoll
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    • condensation damp home buyer's survey rising damp survey ventilation
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Building
  4. Malpighiales

    Advice needed on roof structure

    We're in the process of buying a mid-terrace Victorian/Edwardian (estimated at 1900) house and have just received our Home Buyer's Survey. Unsurprisingly, given the age of the property, it gives the impression the place is about to fall down! Most of the issues are things you'd expect of a...
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