Owning your own home

under the wallpaper in an upstairs bedroom was what looked like polystyrene

We have this. It's absolutely horrible but it's just a thin polystyrene layer. It was a 70s/80s thing to improve insulation (whilst also creating a massive fire risk). I won't be sorry to see the back of it when we eventually decorate.

Whereas our decorator is absolute quality - really high quality of work and easy to deal with. Same with sparks and tiler. Tbh this was the one thing we sorted ourselves outside of the job bc we wanted to avoid the mgmt fee on it 😟

It was a 70s/80s thing to improve insulation (whilst also creating a massive fire risk)

Sounds strangely familiar

smashed it out as quick as possible

Yeah I see where you're coming from. Unfortunately laying carpet is a smash it out job. It's not very complicated, and can be done super fast.

And in my experience with crap workmanship the fitters are basically sub-cons to the carpet shop and just lay what they are told / given. They’re not interested in up selling underlay, dealing with floors or qc on the actual carpet that’s the retailers job - just lay it and fuck off down the pub.
Surprised whoever sold the carpet and measured up didn’t point out about underlay though.

Both will most likely be plain old polystyrene glued to plaster.

I've removed a similar ceiling from our lounge (easy job) and was surprised to find decent enough plaster underneath.

Who did you use for the carpet ? I'm about to get quotes and would rather avoid the bad ones if poss.

Bridge flooring - they seemed well reviewed and carried the carpet we wanted. Would have recommended them up to this point tbh but not now obvs

Give them a chance to put it right first!

If they resolve it then of course I will update here.

Cheerz

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Wasn't the new roof predicated on Google telling you that clay tiles last somewhere between 50 and 100 years?

And the house is comfortably the cheapest on the street already?... could deduct the potential costs from the most expensive house on the street, and then if the one you're looking at is still cheaper than that then you're probably at a decent place

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4.5k sounds cheap tbh. I think we payed nearly 10 for the roof on our old place when it was replaced 10 years ago (valley roof on a Victorian terrace)

I.e. if I was a seller and a buyer said it needed a new roof but only asked for 4.5k off the price I would probably be pretty pleased....

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im not sure 4.5k is realistic, maybe for just materials?

we had a new roof, we took the cheapest quote which was 12k with the highest being 25k (2 bed up and over terrace roof)

I've heard ballparks (up north) of 7-10k, seems to be fairly inline with this:
https://www.checkatrade.com/blog/cost-guides/roof-replacement-cost/

Yep 10k for 3 bed semi. 1k of that is scaffolding

Obs depends on the type of roof, gables valleys etc.

Anyone know a good roofer/person to sort gutters in East?

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That's a bargain tbh 4.5k. What's the chances the sellers pull out with all the hassle your giving them now and trying to knock off money?

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Whilst you are right, a lot of people do not act rationally or as you would otherwise expect when it comes to property matters.

When my buyer tried to chip me ten grand for a whole host of spurious reasons 4 months into the sales process I was an inch away from telling him to go and fuck himself. It ended up costing me 3 grand in the end by way of a reduction to keep it all intact.