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Buying a house with significant black moulds on walls

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peacefulworld · 14/11/2024 13:09

We’ve been looking to buy a bigger home for sometime. We are a family of four living in a small 3-bed end of terrace house. The total sq footage of the current house is 65m2.

Here it’s the house we have our eyes on and we are viewing it this weekend. First thing I noticed was the extensive moulds on the walls. Particularly the wall with blue paints upstairs and the green wall in the downstairs living room.

Similar properties on the same estate are selling for £500000-£540000. Does anyone have experience purchasing a house with significant damp issue and how much would it cost to rectify the issue roughly? We intend to make a very low offer. The property has been empty for a few years I think.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/154367360

Buying a house with significant black moulds on walls
Buying a house with significant black moulds on walls
Buying a house with significant black moulds on walls
Buying a house with significant black moulds on walls
Buying a house with significant black moulds on walls
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PandoraSox · 14/11/2024 13:17

forgotmypassagain · 14/11/2024 13:11

Wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole

Same.

Anotherparkingthread · 14/11/2024 13:16

Don't buy it. I mean look at the state of it. It's also horrible.

You will spend a fortune trying to sort that out, and then when it mysteriously returns despite fixing the drain and paying for damp coursing and replastering the whole lot. You will be forced to either continue to live with mould which is absolutely awful for your health or sell it with the same ongoing issue. It will be a massive headache.

Mould is a symptom. That issue is deep. It's in the foundations of the building now too. You will need to rip out everything that is contaminated now, it isn't just a case of drying it out. That stuff gives off spores and the whole house will be filled with spores. Meaning any damp anywhere eg windowsill or near the sink or in the grout and silicone in the bathroom will turn black almost immediately because even the air is full of it.

Please Google the health issues that black mould can cause, it's not a joke or something to be ignored. You don't need this in your life.

MissMoneyFairy · 14/11/2024 13:16

Get a full survey, look at the guttering and downpipes, how much are you offering. Do the walls feel wet

Ace56 · 14/11/2024 13:14

forgotmypassagain · 14/11/2024 13:11

Wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole

This. There’s a chance you won’t be able to get rid of it completely and it keeps coming back…and then you’ve spent £££ and are stuck with a mouldy house that can’t sell.

SUBisYodrethwhenLarping · 14/11/2024 13:12

Do those walls face NORTH?

Or North East?

If so they will never be warm rooms

ComfortandHappiness · 14/11/2024 13:12

Could you afford to spend £75000 to get it fixed? (The price difference). Then do it - it might cost less. No different to an old 'doer upper'. Just get a very good survey so that you know what the cause might be/ is.

nightmarepickle2025 · 14/11/2024 13:12

if that down pipe is blocked that could explain the damp, plus the heating not having been on for a few years. So could be easily fixed so worth it if you get a bargain

Allfur · 14/11/2024 13:12

If you like the house, its worth looking at remedies

SUBisYodrethwhenLarping · 14/11/2024 13:11

Is there a drain outside that corner?

forgotmypassagain · 14/11/2024 13:11

Wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole

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