Damp and Timber report - Y/N?

[Nchgal]

We’re buying a house. Had a structural level 3 survey done, no issues, no signs of damp in the main house, no signs of wood rot etc. all good.

However, house is Victorian and has an original cellar. Damp readings on wall are high (obviously) but no high reading on the cellar wood work (stairs, posts etc).
Some signs of historic wood boring insect on one of the posts in the cellar but no fresh frasse hence believed to be historic.

Yet the survey report advises I get a damp and timber report…. Would that be a waste of money? I’m scared they will find stuff so they can upsell me a load of things I don’t need.

What would you do?

Yes thats a waste of money. A specialist will be selling you something you don’t need. What you say is totally ok for the property

Agree with PP .... They always recommend these extra surveys, makes me wonder what the point in a level three is in the first place.

Thanks both!

I paid for a level three survey and everything came up clear but they still recommended a damp and timber survey. It's their way of covering their butts, if there was an issue that wasn't found, they can point at their report and say "See, I told you to get a survey....not my fault"

That being said, I am in the process of getting my living room sub floor replaced because it was rotten so.....there we go 😐

Oh no! How did you find out it was rotten? The floor in this place is covered in new flooring so cannot rip up to see the condition of the floor joists. I assume the builders that fitted the floor (as part of a whole house reno) would have mentioned if there were rotten joists…hoping anyway

Was in the process of removing the carpets so the laminate could go down, thick underlay was hiding issues in one corner of the room. Lifting the floorboards showed the joists were rotting away.