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How wide is that gap in the second pic? It looks 'massive'. As said above, you may find that tiling it to match may be enough. Failing that, perhaps affix a piece plasterboard or ply etc to the full height of the wall to lose the gap and then fit your tiles and/or your upstand.

I've no knowledge of the product itself but from your wording I would comment as: 1) it suggests tongue against the wall so that when you're knocking the next piece into place, you're not knocking the tongue and risking damaging it. If the tongue too large to hide under the skirting then yes...

It'd be interesting to know what that 'x' amount is. I can't see a paint holding back water tbh. Retaining wall fail due to water build-up behind, when no weep holes to ease the hydro-pressure.

Totally this.

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. :(

If you know that the management co. will say no then do not do it. There's a reason for management companies, they are there to protect the freeholders asset and to protect the other inhabitants of the block. How would you like it you let someone stay in your house and they started chopping it...

Cut back the skirting a half metre or so and scarf in a new piece, mitred, shaped to continue all the way to meet the stair stringer. If the skirting is thicker or sticks out further than the thickness of the stringer then just plane the last bit, 3 or 4 inches, to taper into the thinner section.

Clean the place of cobwebs & mould etc and then use for bike storage only. Keep everything off the ground. Do not store bio-degradables such as cardboard boxes or clothes etc. May be ok for storing apples and veg assuming no mice. I wouldn't bother with a dehumidifier, it'd just be running 24/7...

I'd say that is water ingress and not condensation. You say that it is in the rough vicinity of the solar panels above. Have you been up into the loft / roof space and checked for a) damp on the ceiling between the joists and b) amongst the roof felt, tiles, solar panels etc? You say that the...

I think modern houses and living styles are quite different to Victorian times. These days, everywhere is hermetically sealed for 'eco' reasons (apparently). There's little to no air movement. Olden-times there was always a constant draught coming into the rooms from under doors, around windows...

I simply added a radiator to the damp wall. It also had / has an air-vent next to it and so any dampness evaporating into the room would hopefully be vented out too.

Condensation? But sounds unlikely if it's actually 'running' with water. Sounds like you've missed something, an overflow or condensate pipe for example. Maybe something from a water-tank in the loft? Perhaps go to all of your appliances, boiler, basins, shower, toilet, heating system and trace...

Sorry, I still can't really work out what's going on.

Can you post some wider, overall view pics, to give some sort of context. It's difficult to work out what we're looking at here.

Not an expert but, I'd have thought some fairly thick ply, making sure that you have ironed-out the worse of the dips in the boards and floor beforehand. I've done this by simply laying strips of vinyl into the dips and then adding board on top.

Horses for courses really.

Unless you're a plasterer and can skim the lot, I would as above, affix plywood sheets over the lot.

Or, squirt with expanding foam, let it set fully, scrape off the excess inc 2mm below surface and then use filler to bring to surface level.

The Wall-e generation is coming, if not here already. Give it time. The media and marketing will see this as 'normal', if not already. :(

Normally a long length of chrome-edged gripper rod is used.