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  • I'm looking at buying a house and the seller has commissioned a timber and damp report that asks for the floor to be lifted and a damp membrane installed, and for injection dpc into the walls.

    It's a 240ish year old house. I'm not convinced the works are necessary for a variety of reasons and would like to have my own independent report commissioned.

    Does anyone have any experience of how mandatory the works are in terms of mortgage lending? Presumably if my engineer's/conservation architect's report says "do X and Y but not Z" then that will be sufficient?

    I'll speak to my prospective mortgage lender of course, but wondered if anyone has any practical experience.

  • We had this, I was and still am suspicious of damp proofing. We got it done as at the time it was the blind leading the blind. Despite being suspicious it has removed any sign of damp on the walls. House is 150 years old and there is absolutely no sign of a damp proof layer in the building.

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