Owning your own home

High damp meter readings to most walls at ground level - Damp course treatment required

I bet they can suggest someone to do it, too...

I would go through and look at which are most important, and get quotes for them.
Also major watch out with damp, don't treat the symptoms, find the cause. Damp proofing is a massive industry based on a lot of lies for old houses. Trick is to make sure there is adequate ventilation and make sure that the outer ground level is lower than the inner. Things like chimney repointing (if old make sure done in Lime) and guttering may well be the cause of some of the damp issues. Also check the windows, there should be some sort of airflow in an old house, so bare minimum I would be checking for trickle vents \ air bricks.

Smoke and Co2 alarms aren't huge money. Electrics are never up to latest regs, but do they work, have they got adequate protection. Boiler ask them to service for less than £100, will flush out any issues there.

It's a fair list. I'd cost up potential repair bill and work from there accounting for how much you want the house/location etc and how much of a inconvenience repairs will be. You could start by dropping the price by the cost of repairs and if that's rejected, work up to the minimum amount you'd need off to make the sale sensible.

Get someone to quote for these:

Chimney needs repointing

Roof underlining is damaged
Front joinery is decayed. Lack of maintenance to the guttering.
The vertical soil and vent pipe is damaged (part of the pipe visible by the boiler was taped up and stained suggesting it is cracked and potentially leaking)

Fixing the above might fix these:

High damp meter readings to most walls at ground level - Damp course treatment required
Damp in internal walls due to lack of damp proofing

Standard for older places

Rear door has cracked threshold
Roof lacks ventilation and insulation is below modern standards

Standard, nobody cares.

No smoke or carbon monoxide alarms
No current test certificates for Electricity or Gas or Boiler

Always budget for a new boiler, mind...

Yeah that damp course bollox is likely to be... all bollox.

Damp is probably from condensation (easily fixed) or penetration from rainwater due to leaking downpipes or high ground levels outside (still pretty easily fixed).

Similar to ours - we've got quotes for lead work to the chimney and a subsidiary roof, a few bits of external redecoration/render work and waiting on a damp survey before submitting a revised offer.

Damp in internal walls due to lack of damp proofing

Any suggestions

Depending on how old the house is, sack your surveyor.

[Edit] new page, and I missed everyone else saying the same thing...