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Any recommendations on next steps?
Call surveyor. Ask questions. What is the cause? If unknown, what potential causes can be eliminated? What remedial works do they think are appropriate?
Do you know any builder type people? Get them in to take a look. Don’t get a specialist in until you’ve exhausted all other avenues of assessing the cost + risk of putting it right. Which in a flat is particularly difficult due to the split responsibilities freeholder/leaseholder etc
Howard
HomeBuyer Report on a flat we're buying has come back saying that "Significant rising dampness was noted within the property and remedial works are required". Almost everything I'm seeing online seems to suggest that 'rising damp' is a myth. How concerned do I need to be?
Any recommendations on next steps? Or for specialists in East that would take an honest look at it without trying to sell me a damp proofing course I don't need?