I’m buying a house, my first time doing this but others in family that are moving with me have done it before. The survey has been done and it’s come back with some problems.
The big ones are:
1 Lots to look into with the roof, they expect this to need scaffolding and it’s a tall building.
2 Medium risk of surface water flooding 1%-3.3% risk a year
This is one of the only houses that would be big enough for our family in the area, there are other similar houses in the same area but the survey says the problems are typical for a building of this age and build. Not old, early 2000.
Current owners are getting quotes for remedial work for roof but I don’t think they are expecting to do anywhere near the work suggested on the survey which seems like quite serious stuff. I don’t think they are getting scaffolding and they think it will be done by February/ March.
I’m desperate to move so worried about making the wrong choice in a hurry. Any advice? I’ve never done this before and it’s such a massive choice!
This should hopefully be the last move we do so I want to get it right