Recent content by Matty0682

Hi, I live in a 200 year old property with a basement. The basement floor is s combination of flagstone and cobblestone which have been sealed (not sure what with but is transparent, see first pic). There was a smell of damp coming from beneath the basement stairs (the area was sealed off). I...

This is the extract from the survey, it doesn't have a DPC, but the internal wall were 'tanked'. Does this sound reasonable advise?: 'Damp Proof Courses Having regard to the age of the property there would have been no effective damp proof course incorporated in the walls or floors of the...

Thanks both, you are both absolutely right. Yes I live in Plymouth, I live in a row of three terraces in Plymouth (I am the end terrace). It was previously a row of 8 terrace houses, so the basement of next door is my now side garden. They were not bombed luckily, Plymouth CC had compulsory...

Morning, I bought my house recently and the survey showed high damp readings in the basement on the side of my house. The side garden is also slightly higher than ground floor hallway, so surveyor advised to reduce the side garden level (I’ll dig down 30cm) and improve water run off as any...