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Part of the reason I bought the place was I envisioned the basement being an awesome mancave. If I can afford it at all, I am very keen to make it a nice livable area. Any rough idea what an arm and a leg might mean? I'm bracing myself for a couple of grand; am I underestimating? I do know that...

For the record I had a carpenter do some work elsewhere in the house and while he was there he told me a lot of houses in the area of that age have part-excavated cellars, so I guess when I get chance to look with the borescope I'll probably find there are more permanent walls not far behind...

Yeah, definitely. With the level of damp surrounding that socket, I have been avoiding going near it. Yeah, I got a 30-year guarantee that the house is damp free, issued 22 years ago, when I bought the place. I'm contacting the company which issued it but I'm fairly certain it's useful only as...

I've gotten some pictures but haven't tried using a borescope yet. Of course the obvious solution has just occurred to me, I don't need to drill any holes in the wall; there are in fact vents, so I can remove one and stick the boroscope through that (oops). Also excuse the decor; I'm...

@Ken Yeah, I've got one of those on the way. A borescope / endoscope. This thing: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00A6K4DCK/ I'm hoping to get a better idea once I've managed to run that behind the walls.

I'm not sure what they're made of; plasterboard would be my best guess. They're definitely not brick, they feel and sound far too soft / hollow. I definitely get the feeling there's empty space behind them, though whether that is a cellar the whole size of the house or just a bit of empty space...

I've just bought a house and I've discovered that the basement, which is a lot smaller than the area of the house, seems to be entirely built of hollow walls. I've also noticed parts of the ground floor which aren't over the basement flex quite a lot, considering I'd expect something like...