Survey Result - Woodworm?!

[Supertrouper990]

Have had a survey carried out on the property I am buying, and it has revealed the below:-

"There is evidence of wood beetle infestation to at least one of the nearby roof timbers and it is likely to have spread to other concealed areas. Activity appears recent."

From peoples experience with Woodworm is this a major major issue or minor - considering there was only evidence on (at least) one of the nearby roof timbers? The surveyor recommends getting a contractor out, but I suspect would they not upsell treatment anyway? (ie say its worse than it is so you instruct them)

Ie is it a case of getting some treatment spray from Amazon ourselves? : )

It’s a case of letting the vendor deal with it but I’d be insistent on a professional job.

Woodwork only eats wet timbers so there is a long standing untreated leak up there. I would be a bit concerned about the maintainence of the rest of the bits of the building that you can't see like the ground floor flooring.

I'd get a timber and damp survey done and either get the seller to do any remedial work or get the cost knocked off the price.

Solve why it’s damp and you solve the woodworm problem without needing chemicals. I suggest you read this.

https://www.heritage-house.org/damp-and-condensation/solving-damp-problems-in-your-home/timber-treatment-why-do-we-do-it.html

We had our woodworm treated and the cost knocked off the price. Not a major issue on the whole.

100% agree with this. Dry beams = woodworm gone without chemicals.

It doesn't mean you have to pull out but I would want to know more and would want the vendor to pay for whatever is needed to correct it.

We are definitely not pulling out over this, if anything I'm trying to check if it is more of a problem than what I think in my head.
The majority of me thinks just move in and sort it when we are there, and it's not worth the aggro now?