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Thanks very much for the link and advice. The house is about 250 years old and the damp has obviously been lived with by the last owner who was here for ten years. I will have a good read through the forum you suggested :)

Oh boy, the house upis built into a bank on a slope, so one bedroom on first floor is at ground floor outside. Are you suggesting they will have to dig deeper to put in a damp proof course?

Thanks for this.. The surveyor suggested taking off a metre high surface from the rooms on the ground floor when doing the work. Do you think this is necessary? Thanks!

Hi, we've just bought a tiny old cottage that is quite damp on the ground floor (the house is below ground level at the back. The kitchen has a flags one floor that is damp along the back edge. The surveyor recommended pulling up whole ground floor to lay a damp proof course. Is there any way...