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Thanks will take all that into account! I am not too keen on lifting floor boards right now since we use that room and the floorboards are beneath some sort of old fashioned vinyl flooring, was hoping that could wait until redecoration. Replacing the gully or pipes seems more approachable...

Very hard to say if the ground is wet. I mean it is wet but it has been raining so..

Wider angle: https://imgur.com/a/VbrQq9D The light brown thing I am not sure exactly what it is. There are two gullies or holes or whatever.. the left one only the rain pipe goes into. The leftmost thin one and the big waste pipe on the right go to the right hole (as well as the waste pipe...

Added what I can gather from those pipes: Leftmost thin pipe: recently installed waste for the bathroom sink Left thick one: seems to be coming from rain gutter Right one: seems to be waste for the bath and toilet in the bathroom. There is a soil pipe as well where the toilet is located...

Here are some pictures of the outside wall, and the place where the downpipes go. https://imgur.com/a/Iq5txWG Also a couple of pictures of the ground on a place where we don't have any visible signs of dampness inside. Are those water marks normal? (It has been raining heavily for the past...

You mean a meter from the water company? I do, they took readings when we moved in in April, it showed water not used for long time, consistent with the fact that the previous owner passed away 2 years ago. After that they took a reading on July and it didn't raise any flags, in fact the...

To be fair this room was last decorated probably 50 years ago at least..

Sorry forgot to answer, there are no other signs of dampness in the house at all. That part is just below the bathroom, surveyor thought it could be leaking from there. But we did a new bathroom back in May with all new plumbing so I'm not sure it could be that

Not particularly worse, no. It is rather slow as it has changed very gradually from that first surveyors pic until today. Also that green pipe is just going to one of the radiators and coming back; central heating was turned off for the past few months so if it's a leak I don't think it's...

I'd say head height is a bit too much but it does get high. https://imgur.com/a/Ero4Dpy First pic there the little cracks on top are over a meter high. The floor is wood as far as I know.

Thanks tomorrow will go out and take some pics of the outside wall. I know it definitely needs to be sorted out, just wondering whether it's worth (or absolutely necessary) to do now or it can wait for the kitchen refurbishment.

Some more pics here https://imgur.com/a/zMe5nQz

Hello We bought our house about 6 months ago. A building survey was done in which a form of damp was found on the wall of the kitchen -- this is an outside wall. I am attaching a picture taken by the surveyor around 8 months ago. I will upload new pictures later today since the damp seems to...

That looks interesting, I might give it a go! Thanks

I am absolutely no expert here but heard that if it's left alone then it's not a problem. Just saying in case you do find the roof felt contains it, it might be a bit of a pain to replace it?

I think you seem very concerned with asbestos on several places of the house-- that's perfectly fine, but to me it seems you will only get piece of mind by testing it. While it could have fallen as you say, you cannot be sure and cannot trust an online forum for that.

Hello We moved to our house a few months ago. It's liveable but in need of full redecoration. Typical semi detached 1920-1930. We have fully refubished the first floor already, including bathroom, landing, bedrooms, floors, plaster, wiring, plumbing etc. We decided to split the renovation in...

Hello, we just moved into a new house. None of the chimneys are in use, in particular there is one which is boarded downstairs with a metal sheet covering the hole, upstairs there was a gas fire. An engineer checked this and had to remove the gas fire because it was unsafe, and now are left...