I’ve done it again. It’s another Rebecca. It is. I’m a big sensible adult now, and I can see when my insanity is trying to take me places where I really shouldn’t go. That’s why I’m getting a free timber and damp treatment survey done. And then I’m going down there with a surveyor who’ll do me a shiny shiny survey.
But I love the house. God damn it, I love every mouse ridden damp rotting corner of it.
[lots of pictures]
The Good:
The Bad:
The Really Damn Ugly:
Please take care about these free surveys, Kate. All the ones I’ve seen are done by firms, and the “surveyors” are really salemen. I’ve not known one of them who’s not recommended a lot of expensive work. And I fear even independant surveyors are liable to “play safe” cos of the legal comeback and recommend more than’s required. Have you got a builder friend to watch as the survey’s done? Sorry to be gloomy, MikeN.
Oh aye, the free one is just basically a ‘worst case scenario’ as far as I’m concerned. However, if they turned around and said ‘your house has no damp proof course, and the damp has caused the internal brick walls to become as soft as cheese’ then I’d be quite concerned (a friends house has that).
But it’s the survey with the surveyor I’m more interested in; I’ll be going round with him – and I have a good idea what – of the potential disasters that are visible – I’m interested in. All I really care about is the building’s structure. The rest I can deal with; but if the roof is shot then I know I can’t afford to get it all replaced.