We are (hopefully) buying what should one day, with lots of saving and hassle some tweaking become our dream house. The survey is back today, and it has come back with a few things I'm a bit worried about (classed as 'urgent repair needed'):
- There are some broken tiles on the roof and it needs 'overhauling and repairing'. What is classed as overhauling?! Not sure if they mean replacement!
- The electrics don't comply with modern standards and it needs rewiring. How much is this likely to cost? (3 bed detached with living room, dining room and kitchen)
- There is damp which they reckon is caused by a bridged or deteriorating damp proof course. I have NO idea how much this would cost...
- There is also a bit of damp in the upstairs bedroom which they think is coming from the disused chimney flue (which confuses me because this is directly over the living room, which has a multi fuel stove).
We've got it for £12.5k under the asking price, and the vendors (who are lovely) only accepted this on condition that the only bit that was subject to survey was the roof. So, presumably we can't ask them to drop the price.
Any advice / estimates would be greatly appreciated!!