Sold our house at the end of July, was starting to panic slightly that there was nothing on the market in the area we wanted until a few days later the most beautiful detached house in our budget became available. I dived in to view and put an offer in pretty swiftly and things have been plodding nicely until the survey report came back today.
It's a 1930s house and the current owners were very honest that the roof needed some work as they'd had a leak causing a bit of damp upstairs. However they've since had that fixed and have said they'll be able to provide all evidence for this. However along with this, the survey has highlighted a few things that need attention. Some of the points don't necessarily bother me - some updates needed to guttering and fascia which I was expecting however in the middle it says the phrase "evidence of structural movement". Now I'm no builder but something tells me that's really not good? It goes on to say that there's is a stepped formation fracture to the front elevation. Any wise property experts of Mumsnet able to shed any more light for me?
I'll be absolutely gutted if we have to pull out here, loved this house and there's literally nothing else on the market in this area However I can't be taking on a house that's going to cost thousands to fix if that's the case. The report recommends further evaluation by a structural engineer which I would be happy to go down that avenue but am I wasting my time? Or might it not be that bad?
As you can see I'm way out of my depth here, and any similar tales of woe or further knowledge welcomed
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Orangelover · 23/09/2020 19:24
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