survey report back lots of 3’s and 2’s

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I’ve had a level homebuyers survey done on a 3 bed semi , we think built 1955..

don’t think the current owners have done anything to it to maintain it , walking round it you would think this is a nice home.

survey report

3 - serious urgent attention
2 - not immediate attention
1 - ok

3- roof coverings it’s clay tile
some tiles lifting missing
repointing ridge tiles
some mortar replacing
roof needs replacing in 5-10 years

3 - extension roof
felt needs replacing 2-3 years and it’s large roof. Recommended lead instead, some repointing

3- dampness to chimney breast in bedroom upstairs because chimney stack needs repair some weathering of brick and cement , some repointing, flashing re dressed.

3 - needs gas fire certificate
3- electrical installation needs testing and upgrading in accordance with part p of building regs , Carey out works prior to exchange

3 - gas no evidence of test dates , carry out testing and supply pipe work prior tow xchange

3 - water some leaking internal pipe needs repair

3- hearing corrosion to copper pipe work needs repair no thermostatic valves may want to replace

3 - garage
basically needs complete overhaul
lots wrong with it really old . Dropped bricks at front , door lintel and door frame need repairing .

2 - two rain water pipes and gutter some leaking in down pipes and guttering

2 - main walls
render finish poor , repointing and tidying of render

2 - windows some blown seal to repair

2 - walls some loose plaster
2 - bathroom needs oil and vent pipe and water pipe to be replaced, leaking pipework

phew 😥

have asked to bring the price down to help with more urgent matters like the extension roof . waiting to hear back.

im just gutted really as I’ve been looking for a home for me and my boys for a long time moving due to ex husband leaving . Found a lovely home in area with great primary schools want to be moved very soon ready for schools etc…

i spoke to surveyor and he said it’s just not been maintained . The major one is the extension felt roof he said. He valued it lower too. I want to cry . It’s been such a long journey .

I find it odd that a surveyor is telling you that electrics need changing prior to exchange. I have never seen a recommendation so harsh.

Anyway, bumping so those more experienced than me can comment.

We once had a lender insist a total rewire was done prior to exchange. Which was doubly bonkers as our electrical survey said it didn't need doing at all (even though we told the electricians they'd get the job if it did). The lender's argument was 'it doesn't meet current regs'. DH, in the industry himself, invited them to consider that as the regs had only been in force for about 6 months, neither would the lender's office, which we were currently sitting in. We compromised and they put a retention on the mortgage until the work was done, and gave us a month to do it, which we did. With the sparkies, who did do a good job, still growling that it didn't need doing.

OP, otherwise, that survey sounds pretty much par for the course for a house that's been allowed to get just a little tired, it's not a doer-upper by any means. Most of it seems pretty minor, not very urgent, and to be expected. Get an electrician to do you a proper elctrical survey and cost it, it may not necessarily be a big deal.

Flat roofs are a bit of a pain- they tended to need replacing every 10 years or so in the past, but if you have it done properly now, I'm told modern ones last much longer, and they are usually much better insulated too, saving on bills. When he says a 'new roof' for the rest, I assume he means retiling, not new timbers- new timbers would be very unusual. Retiling would be expected around now in a house that age with tiled roof, and may not cost as much as you think- get a roofer to take a look at it and cost the work. Might be worth biting the bullet and having it done rather than patching it if you can afford it, but it doesn't sound like it's very urgent. We were told our slate one would need reslating in the short to medium term as it was 100 year old, when we did it 3 years later it was still perfectly watertight.