Just curious - when did you buy this house and did you get a detailed structural survey done at the time?
If I was planning to sell a house I certainly would not do this kind of work, much of which may well be undone by the new owner.
extopia said:The French drain around the house is actually a good idea for damp sites, it effectively sits the house on a dry "island" and is fairly standard practice when renovating older properties with non-existent or failed damp proof courses. But it's a day's work with a digger, which in some rural areas costs about €30 per hour. You then place about 100mm of pea grit in the trench, put in a land drain, and top off with larger stones.
The gas thing is that none of these measures will solve the problem with the leaking shower next door, as the damp could penetrate the wall, therefore bypassing the new damp proof membrane and getting down into the floor that way (just because they call it rising damp doesn't mean it always travels upwards.)
I thought that there was a certain amount of comeback for clients if the surveyor did not identify certain (obvious?) problems? I guess the divil is in the detail of the contract involved?In my opinion, structual surveys are not as useful as they should be. There's rarely any comeback because the standard wording covers the surveyor's posterior for "invisible" problems, "work covered up" etc.
I thought that there was a certain amount of comeback for clients if the surveyor did not identify certain (obvious?) problems? I guess the divil is in the detail of the contract involved?
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