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New consumer unit is a must.
Rewire is a pita to do after so consider doing that.
DPC not the right solution for most things, cross that off.
Roof may be susceptible to patching up.
Bay window can be made good with filler and painted over, not great but can easily last for another 5 years or more.Edit - in short, if it's a place you like and foresee being there for many years, those issues shouldn't rule it out.
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I lasted nearly 10 years before replacing the windows that were highlighted in my survey.
Admittedly the repairs went from rot hardener and filler at the start to duck tape at the end so it ended up being fairly vital.
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Damp in the kitchen which means a DPC is probably necessary
Don't take a surveyor's word on this - you need to find out what is causing the damp first. It is very unlikely there is no DPC. More likely it is breached / damaged, or water is coming from elsewhere
Wet rot in a bay window meaning a replacement is probably necessary (though this is not listed as an essential repair)
Depending on how it is built/ type of window, it's likely there are specialist repairers. But again, it depends on what is causing the damp.
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Apparently the survey on our place went fine, but the survey on the place we want to buy has thrown up a few issues that might be quite expensive, e.g.
If the vendors tell us to jog on it might put the place out of our budget.
This is quite annoying.