Roofing and other questions
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Hi all, looking for a bit of information on a project my daughter is looking at.
It is a 1930's semi detached house which is in need of a lot of work. It has some damp issues which appear to be from the chimney and the bay window but when we looked today I went in the loft space and there is daylight so it will need the tiles removing and new felt and refitting.
The house is roughly 50 sq meters so I am looking for a ball park figure to do that work and any recommendations for a roofer in the leamington spa/ Warwick area.
Second question is floor downstairs apparently they were built on compacted ash, no sign of rising damp but speaking with the estate agent he suggested it might need digging out 250mm and then hardcore, sand and membrane insulation then screening, any thoughts on this.
We need to be putting an offer in next week as it has a few interested but the renovations will not be cheap so trying to get an idea.
I know it is not ideal and we want to get a full survey done before exchanging but I need to get some idea to offer accordingly
Thanks in advance
It is a 1930's semi detached house which is in need of a lot of work. It has some damp issues which appear to be from the chimney and the bay window but when we looked today I went in the loft space and there is daylight so it will need the tiles removing and new felt and refitting.
The house is roughly 50 sq meters so I am looking for a ball park figure to do that work and any recommendations for a roofer in the leamington spa/ Warwick area.
Second question is floor downstairs apparently they were built on compacted ash, no sign of rising damp but speaking with the estate agent he suggested it might need digging out 250mm and then hardcore, sand and membrane insulation then screening, any thoughts on this.
We need to be putting an offer in next week as it has a few interested but the renovations will not be cheap so trying to get an idea.
I know it is not ideal and we want to get a full survey done before exchanging but I need to get some idea to offer accordingly
Thanks in advance
Hi Guy's thanks for the feed back.
The house has got damp in two bedrooms which was thought to be chimney pointing the estate agent said the owners had been told. It is a probate sale and the family is as normal arguing over everything so it has been empty over a year or so.
Where the damp is in one bedroom the roof above has daylight showing, not just a small
but an area around 30cm where felt is hung down as it is in other areas,
There is a lot of rubbish up there in the loft space, no boarding just lots of paper so not easy to see how bad it is leaking with a torch.
There is damp in the bay window upstairs and down and it looks like there is some rot above both UPVC units, there is a basic heating system but not in every room as well.
Downstairs there are marks on the walls and paper peeling off but could have been condensation but it could also be from the floor which is ash.
We are going to put a bid in but all the work back to standard is probably £60k as every room is in need or repair, but it is in a nice area and will probably make some money long term but it is a big job.
The figures some have given on here back up on her two bedroom flat we spent £30k but that had been rented since 1974 and they had spent nothing on it, air heating still in there and an asthmatic goat could have blown more heat out, hot water was emersion heating so again all had to be replaced.
We will probably have a full width extension later which the house will stand if we get it at the right money.
Anyway fingers crossed
The house has got damp in two bedrooms which was thought to be chimney pointing the estate agent said the owners had been told. It is a probate sale and the family is as normal arguing over everything so it has been empty over a year or so.
Where the damp is in one bedroom the roof above has daylight showing, not just a small
but an area around 30cm where felt is hung down as it is in other areas,There is a lot of rubbish up there in the loft space, no boarding just lots of paper so not easy to see how bad it is leaking with a torch.
There is damp in the bay window upstairs and down and it looks like there is some rot above both UPVC units, there is a basic heating system but not in every room as well.
Downstairs there are marks on the walls and paper peeling off but could have been condensation but it could also be from the floor which is ash.
We are going to put a bid in but all the work back to standard is probably £60k as every room is in need or repair, but it is in a nice area and will probably make some money long term but it is a big job.
The figures some have given on here back up on her two bedroom flat we spent £30k but that had been rented since 1974 and they had spent nothing on it, air heating still in there and an asthmatic goat could have blown more heat out, hot water was emersion heating so again all had to be replaced.
We will probably have a full width extension later which the house will stand if we get it at the right money.
Anyway fingers crossed
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