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A review of a first time buyer who is acash purchaser of a Victorian property
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The house had problems, including the slates from the roof had come away, and had what is known as nail sickness. This could only be seen properly when standing on the opposite side of the canal bank, although there were indications there were problems from going into the roof and having a good look round. We also noticed many of the tiles had lead tingles on them where they have been repaired. |
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Slates coming away |
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Nail Sickness Defined The weakening of the fixing nails to slates or tiles due to the nails which fix them to the battens rusting. This is normally attributed to problems with slate roofs. |
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Lead Tingles or Lead Slaps Defined These are strips of lead usually about 25mm wide which are used to secure slates where they have slipped.
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Lead tingles |
It had also had what we would term as a lightweight extension many years ago and was not up to the standard of the rest of the building.
Gutters sitting on wallsProbably the next biggest problem after the roof was that the gutters sit on top of the wall. This is a system we sometimes come across and it works very well until the gutters leak and generally we find all gutters leak.
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Problems are often caused by gutters on walls |
Cement pointing problems
The windows didn't have trickle vents, therefore there was lack of air circulation in the property, leading to condensation problems within.
Trickle Vents Defined
Small vents to the windows to allow air movement inside the property to stop/reduce a build up of fumes or humidity.
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Air movement with trickle vents |
Trickle vents |
Having said all of that, we looked at the costs and the first time house buyer was still keen to go ahead but at a suitability reduced price which would allow for him to pay all the different items of work that were needed.
However, our client then advised us that having spoken to the estate agents with our survey findings they were reluctant to reduce the purchase price and our client made the decision to walk away from the property and continue with his search for a house as he felt this would inevitably be a money pit.
Our client met us at the property and was able to explain exactly what he wanted from the survey and that because he was buying at auction in two day's time he needed to know all about the property very quickly to make an informed decision as to whether to buy or not.
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Radiators should be positioned under windows to provide good air flow around a room |
A radiator on an internal wall does not provide a good air flow |
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