We have had an offer accepted on our dream house in Southfields. We had a survey done and the roof needs replacing and there is rising damp (we guested about the roof and assumed most old houses that need doing up have damp?), anyway the surveyor has said that we need to get a damp survey to check the roof timbers as he doesn't know if the damp is causing problems with the roof structure. We have booked in a damp survey and the earliest we can get after ringing around several companies is for a weeks time. Our estate agent said this was fine but they have now come back this evening saying this isn't exceptable with the seller and if we can't get one sooner they will take an offer from another interested party and we lose the house!
We know the cost of the new roof. Has anyone had any really bad experiences with damp in their roof timbers, what sort of costs did you have to pay? We want to go in at a lower price and take off the money we need to do the work but have no idea what worst case is. 5K? 10K? Is it worth taking the risk without getting the damp survey done if we can get a sizeable amount off the asking price?? Are we being really stupid? We love love love the house but is it better to just walk away???
I hope the above makes sense, I think I may have rambled on a bit!!
