Hi Guys,
Recently had the RICS building survey results back from the house I am purchasing, there were a few worrying findings which include a partition wall being knocked trough to make a lounge/diner with no building regulations.
The wall that separates the front and rear bedrooms is directly above where the wall that was knocked through would have been. I have asked the surveyor if this would have been a load bearing wall and the response I received was:
"we confirm that this wall is traditionally constructed on single skin brickwork, and is therefore assumed to be non-load bearing".
Does this sound right to you guys? It wasn't load bearing because it was single skin? What about the wall above, wouldn't the knocked through wall have originally been supporting that wall?
Many Thanks
Lee
Recently had the RICS building survey results back from the house I am purchasing, there were a few worrying findings which include a partition wall being knocked trough to make a lounge/diner with no building regulations.
The wall that separates the front and rear bedrooms is directly above where the wall that was knocked through would have been. I have asked the surveyor if this would have been a load bearing wall and the response I received was:
"we confirm that this wall is traditionally constructed on single skin brickwork, and is therefore assumed to be non-load bearing".
Does this sound right to you guys? It wasn't load bearing because it was single skin? What about the wall above, wouldn't the knocked through wall have originally been supporting that wall?
Many Thanks
Lee