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  • Just read my first survey. Estate agent emailed it over from the previous buyer who pulled out. No idea what to make of it.
    Why does a boundary wall adjacent to a house wall create damp?

  • @Howard There is a damp and timber report from the buyers who pulled out, and then a structural report which looks to have been commissioned by the landlord (different name, surveyor did a survey on it when the landlord bought it 13 years ago).

    -roof needs work
    -gutters need replacing
    -not sure where the gutter links to at the front, maybe in to the foundations
    -cracks in the rear rendering
    -no 77 loft conversion protrudes through the party wall
    -front wall distorted leaning 30mm to the right of the bay
    -the bathroom (which is the downstairs extension) isn't ventilated right
    -needs some air bricks (subfloor ventilation is inadequate)
    -chimneys need maintenance, rain penetrates at the base
    -wall fractures
    -odd bits of damp
    -was only like one socket in each room

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