Owning your own home

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PhilDAS in reply to @princeperch

I also wouldn't worry about cracks here or there as long as the wall isn't bulging which presumably your surveyor would have commented on. I have cracks all over the place internally and externally as long as you can't get your hand in them it's unlikely to be a significant problem

Whilst I might agree with you, there's no way my partner is going for that. Half the money is hers and she's not taking any risks.
And 4k wouldn't cut it. That wouldn't cover any of the work needed in full and as mentioned up thread, we don't have any more to put towards it so it would mean doing 4ks worth of patching up and just living with it. Along with the hassle of having to resell in 5 years with buyers surveys pulling up that it needs a new roof and rear wall that we haven't been able to afford to get done still. We either want it all fixed and sound for the price we offered for the house or we look for something else.

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princeperch in reply to @PhilDAS

It doesn't sound like owning an old house is for you then (or perhaps more accurately your Doris). Which is fair enough. They all need work one way or another and all need constant maintenance (and money).

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PhilDAS in reply to @princeperch

For sure they do and we are both happy to do that, we just want to know about it going into it and have the money available to do it. With this one sadly that's not going to be the case. But a valuable lesson learned I reckon. We need to budget for the work that's hiding in every house

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