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What is it exactly he's said you disagree with?

What is wrong with this surveyor?

I'm in the process of purchasing a new house which is about 300 years old. I've had a building survey done and also another survey by a surveyor who specialises in damp. Over the years the building has been patched up using cement rather than lime mortar and the damp specialist had indicated...

Thank you. This window is the largest window on the ground floor and all other windows as much smaller without as much load above them. Surveryor has only identified this window as an issue. I don't know the dimensions exactly by maybe about 1.6m by 1.6m?

Here's a picture https://imgur.com/a/HxT0H6V

Thank you. I'll look into getting more quotes. Do you have an idea of how much I should be paying?

The subject is wrong apologies. It should read can’t, not can.

I’m in the process of buying an old house (300 years old) and the building survey has picked up that a downstairs UPVC window is supporting the bricks above and it’s not strong enough. The survey says: "To the front elevation there is some evidence of cracking to the brickwork immediately above...