Homebuyers report says wall tie failure, but builder says no....what next?

[DataColour]

In the process of buying a 1930s house and Homebuyers report says "There are signs that the building is affected by wall tie failure, which can be serious. Specialist inveistigation and remedial work is now required", and gives it a Condition Rating 3.

The builder we send around to investigate this and another couple of things brought up by the survey, says he doesn't think there is wall tie failure.

Do we trust the builder and assume that the surveyor was covering his back, or do we now have to get a proper wall tie survey done with a specialist company?

TIA!

Hi DataColour, since we are also just buying a 1930s house, and waiting to get to the point of survey, I am just gatecrashing your thread! Interested to see the responses!

Hi Doleres!

Getting a bit frustrated with the whole process because we know nothing about these things, and we were relying on the builder to just give us a quote for the wall tie failure. From what I read online, wall tie failure is quite common in 1930s houses.......

Why don't you ask the surveyor what reason he has for suspecting wall tie failure - explain that your builder couldn't see any evidence and take it from there?

That's a really good idea lalalonglegs! I'll try and contact the surveyor.

We had the same last year and used a specialist wall tie company. It sounds worse than it is so don't panic but do use a specialist finalist not a general buildr. We had the work done a couple of months after we moved in the whole front wall with guarantee was £360

oh wish we had that quote lightening ours came back at £1200 + VAT . Haven't done it yet - will get another company in to quote too.

This thread's been very interesting for me - thanks to all! Hope everything's going OK, OP.
We are stuck in chain hell, so lots of potential for it all to go tits up. Patience, patience, patience...

Apparently it was raining really hard that day and the builder didn't spend that much time looking at the outside wall!

I spoke to the surveyor who said he recommended a wall tie survey, but he said the wall will be fine for many many years still before the ties might need changing in his opinion. So we are kind of ignoring it for now. It's only a small section of wall anyway which has a very slight bulge and he says it is unlikely to get any worse.