Thanks everyone for the ideas and thoughts
Rodents is not one I had thought of, but I’ll see if this can be covered in the survey. I have a list of questions for the owners now. Thank you for this!
Re flooding, yes, doing our due diligence. What the owners have said is true, there hasn’t been any flooding. But that’s easy to believe, because although it might be hard to see from the photos the house is set on a rise, with a small garden, an anabranch of the Thames, and then a massive island (which belongs to the property). So the whole island would be under water before the house was affected.
Rising damp was another one and this I am more concerned about. I’ll have a think and read.
Parking for food delivery, I’ll ask about this. But we parked in the public car park across from the house and that’s where I’d imagine the van would park. This is an issue for sure but on balance I think it’s part of why the price is so low for the amount of land and sq footage.
What else? White paint? Meh don’t mind it so much. I’d use wall paper in some of the rooms but it’s better than grey!
Finally, neither the estate agent or owner. Would be incredible odds if another buyer gazumped me on the basis of this post!!