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I’ve been reading up on the general causes etc. and from what I can vaguely recall the damp appeared to be all the way up the wall to the second storey so perhaps connected to the chimney in some way?
The loose plan is to visit the property and meet with the owner, then if the alarm bells aren’t going completely mental I’d like to take an expert with me to assess it.
Originally the valuation was reduced by £2000 in light of the work needed, but subsequently the price has been reduced by a further £5000 and I’m wondering if that’s because the seller has sought a quote for repairs and it’s in the region of £5000 – £7000? What’s annoying me is that the damp was quite evident when we visited the property in June 2014 and the seller hasn’t rectified it in all that time. How much worse will it be if/when I go back for a look?
And yet I can’t stop thinking about the bloomin’ house. It ticks so many boxes for me, and to a lesser extent, my OH (although he would quite happily live in a static caravan at the stables, which I would too, only I’m trying to take steps forward and be a bit more of an adult than I’ve been so far!).