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Hi John, it's on my list of questions. Will find out on Saturday. Thank you for the advice on the roof.

Thanks for the responses. I don't know as yet if it even has a DPC. Just comping a heap of questions to take with me at the moment so we can get a better idea of what is causing the damp and therefore what it will cost to rectify. Here's a pic of one of the damp wall inside. This on the...

Hi, Could anyone offer any advice on this for me please. We are going to look at a house on Saturday which had been greatly reduced because of the damp problem. The agents suggest that it is possibly caused by bad render. But could it be shoddy roofing instead to blame? It does seem...

Actually, looking at the roof, it does seem that the edge of the tiles on the gable end is offering no protection whatsoever from the elements! Shouldn't there be some sort of overhang? I might post up another query on the roofing section to see what advice they can offer. May be that the...

Will do Roy :wink:

Can I just ask the experts, the pics show that it has been pebble dashed. Can lime render also be pebble dashed? Or is that a giveaway to it being sand and cement? I've been reading that Sandstone should be lime rendered only, but I want to get my facts straight. Another question if that's...

Cheers Roy. It hadn't occued to me that it may be the roofing at fault. That's another thing I'll ask them about. The suggestion that the damp may be caused by the render is actually made by the estate agent in the description.

I think it's just the way the Google street view looks in places Roy.

Many thanks John and Arv for your responses. It's good to know what to ask when we view it on Saturday. Looking at the Google street view, there is a very narrow gap from the ground to the render. I'll be asking who did the rendering. Surely a professional company would have done everything...

Just to clarify, just wondering if I should avoid this house. Is it going to turn into too big a job to rectify? Can anyone offer their invaluable experience? Many thanks.

:lol: Not quite Andy, we put the whole thing on hold. We ended up doing a completely different room instead. But we have been waiting over a month for him to come back to quote for this job, so yes an new plasterer is on the cards.

Just a quick update on this problem from a year or so, hope no-one minds me bumping it. We still haven't sorted the problem. Still waiting for our plasterer to come and see it!!! This is a party wall so no outside guttering to worry about. The builder next door finally finished the refurb...

Hello, We've found a house which we potentially want to buy. It is possibly 50 grand below the price we want for ours! The reason for its low price is the damp which they believe is being caused by the poor render. We want some advice so we can go along for a viewing with some fact and...