HELP first time buyer rising damp

[Yoyopotato]

Hello,

When our seller was purchasing their property they had a survey which picked up moisture readings in the kitchen walls. They then had a specialist damp survey. They were told this would be straightforward to treat and that it is common in older properties, that the issue can be fixed when the kitchen is renovated in the future but otherwise were told to leave it.

The kitchen is brand spanking new and I have no intention of renovating it in the next 10 years or so. Should I be concerned? What should I do? Very very new to all this so any help would be much appreciated!

Have a Google of damp proofing. There's a persuasive argument that it's unnecessary.
It's worth looking for sources of moisture - leaking gutters, overflowing drains, soil up to the wall.

Weigh it all up before spending on a damp proof, in my opinion.

Have you had the property surveyed?

@HellToTheNope

Have you had the property surveyed?

We are just getting a standard survey to go along with the mortgage offer. It's more than just a valuation, but doubt if it will go into detail about the damp. I'm trying to find a surveyor who specialises in damp to get a quote from

Surveyors who specialise in damp and who are not trying to sell you dampproofing are difficult to find. Those who are will quote thousands to remove kitchen, strip back plaster, tank , replaster etc. if I were the homeowner I would not be interested in taking the money off the house price unless something significant was found and an independent damp consultant was used. It will be very difficult/ impossible to identify the cause or extent of the damp without ripping the kitchen out.

If it's an old building, damp-proofing could do more harm than good. Old buildings were designed to breathe. Have a read here and follow up their links:
www.heritage-house.org/damp-and-condensation/managing-damp-in-old-buildings.html

Ventilation is they key - anything from trickle-vents to wide open windows, just for (say) half an hour a day. Warm damp air will naturally flow outside, towards colder, drier air (laws of physics). It's usually only when moisture vapour in the air can't get out of an enclosed space that it condenses on colder surfaces that don't breathe, such as window glass or walls treated with something (wrongly) waterproof.

"rising damp"

it probably isn't

In a kitchen the water is most often leaking from a pipe or drain

how old is the house?

one thing you can be certain of:
Silicone injections do not repair leaking pipes or broken drains.