I've lived in my end terraced house now for 4 years and just started to see water running down the upstairs chimney breast. Having had a builder to look at it he says the old chimney was taken out and badly closed up. The hole in the loft has only had a board placed over it and no air vents placed on the outside wall. he also tells me the roofing joists dont all rest against brickwork and have been patched up in places with wood. He says its gonna cost a fortune to fix and possibly could find more problems once he starts to inspect properly. Does anyone know if I could claim this on my house insurance or claim against the former owners for bad workmanship?
Badly removed Chimney
- Thread starter Ade1973
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Why don't you sue the surveyor for not picking it up? 
, I can't see how you could claim on your house insurance (and rightly so) otherwise every owner of old or badly built houses which suffers similar problems would be able to make all sorts of claims. The previous owners or their builder bodged it. End of! Have you had other builders in to inspect it?
, I can't see how you could claim on your house insurance (and rightly so) otherwise every owner of old or badly built houses which suffers similar problems would be able to make all sorts of claims. The previous owners or their builder bodged it. End of! Have you had other builders in to inspect it?DIYnot Local
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