Cletus Van Damme
Previously known as Cheesney Hawks
- Location
- Out in the sticks...
Last week I agreed to buy an early 70's semi detached house. I thought I offered a fair price for it although I'm beginning to have second thoughts after I went back with some ladders and got in the loft.
There is no signs of water ingress anywhere in the house, the roof tiles are original, like all the other neighbouring houses, nobody has replaced the roof despite the age of the houses.
However when I got in the loft there was 3 places where the felt was damaged, one was pretty big, probably about 1.5m x 1.5m no felt at all just hanging down. I believe that the felt is not really needed, but all the same if I come to sell this house down the line, it is something that surveyors always write on the report and it may cost me. I haven't a clue. I'd assume that all the felt needs replacing due to its age, if it was patched it would just go elsewhere.
I'm just not sure what to do about it. If it was my own house I wouldn't care less. But it isn't yet and I don't want to lose money down the line, as I know a lot of people tend to agree with things in surveyor's reports.
Also this is the reason that I went and looked in the loft instead of letting it get so far down the line with a survey etc. I guess I was expecting everything to be fine.
What are people thoughts on this kind of thing please?
There is no signs of water ingress anywhere in the house, the roof tiles are original, like all the other neighbouring houses, nobody has replaced the roof despite the age of the houses.
However when I got in the loft there was 3 places where the felt was damaged, one was pretty big, probably about 1.5m x 1.5m no felt at all just hanging down. I believe that the felt is not really needed, but all the same if I come to sell this house down the line, it is something that surveyors always write on the report and it may cost me. I haven't a clue. I'd assume that all the felt needs replacing due to its age, if it was patched it would just go elsewhere.
I'm just not sure what to do about it. If it was my own house I wouldn't care less. But it isn't yet and I don't want to lose money down the line, as I know a lot of people tend to agree with things in surveyor's reports.
Also this is the reason that I went and looked in the loft instead of letting it get so far down the line with a survey etc. I guess I was expecting everything to be fine.
What are people thoughts on this kind of thing please?