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Found a house, got offer accepted, had a survey done (the medium one), which indicated damp in various places. We knew we had to get a damp specialist contractor to check out the place but the lender was being really slow with processing mortgage application, so we didn't book the expensive damp survey until we got the mortgage offer. Finally had the damp survey done yesterday, the damage is worse than we expected and they estimated 17-20k to repair it as they have to put up scaffolding, take down parts of roof and wall, etc. We're going to make a lower offer to cover the renovation but I'm so scared the vendor will say no.
The damp is due to poor roofing and guttering, i.e. current owner's negligence in maintaining the property (they live abroad and the house has been rented for years), none of which was mentioned in the advert or by the estate agent.
Anyone been in a similar situation? We were thinking of offering 15k less than the offer we had accepted, is that ok or too high/low?