Recent content by scarletboots

Thanks for sharing your experience! Yours does sound remarkably similar. I dont think we will need to replaster and I am told the electrics are OK but that was the surveyor not the builder. Although we need to replace the fuse board. Thanks for the good advice - no doubt we have plans beyond...

The house we are buying has secondary double glazing units fitted onto every single window. The windows themselves are single glazed wooden frames with small panes - quite attractive. The surveyor said they would have been fitted to minimise noise from anearby road - this noise doesnt bother...

Husband and I about to complete on a beautiful but rundown stuck int he 70s house. Fantastic 2 acre garden. Very private. If we were millionaires we would knock it downand start again. But we are not. Views on our Phasing much appreciated. Problems in a list:windows have ungalvanised...