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In the process of buying a house that need remdial wall ties, and has retrofit cavity wall insulation it it. Reading now that isolating the old wall ties/drilling in new ones leaves a load of mortar/brick fragments etc..in the cavity which will case bridging and cold spots in the cavity wall...

Hi all, House I am in the process of buying has a detached garage conversion to an office in the back garden which has what I believe is termed an 'aco drain' along it (see photo below). This is the first I've heard about these kinds of drains and I'm reading mixed reports about them regarding...

Buying a house at the moment, and paying a bit over the odds I think. What attracted me to it was the brick garage that had been converted into a nice big office/studio room - though small enough not to need building regs. They bricked up the garage door and put a big window in and then cement...

I am in the process of buying a house that faces north, well north-east really, and I am getting more concerned that I might be buying an ice-box duting the winter. I have only recently found out that north facing rooms can be colder and darker (yep I know but its my first time buying a house)...

I have just spotted (don't ask me how I missed it until now) that the extension next door to the house I am in the process of buying has a massive boiler flue coming out of it: https://ibb.co/rHVQqRs The flue is: 2 meters from boundary wall between houses 8 meters from back bedroom, bathroom...

I am buying my first house, and I'm losing sleep over it as I've got a really bad feeling that I'm paying too much for a potential money pit and something that might be difficult to resell, even in the booming local property market where I am. I'll summarise the situation and perhaps some here...

I am in the final stages of agreeing to buy a house and having serious second thoughts - I have some joint problems that flare up when I'm cold so a house that is difficult/expensive to heat would be a bit of a nightmare for me. The house in question is a 1930's semi - has double glazing but I...

This is probably a really silly question so apologies in advance....just noticed a house I'm in the processes of buying has patchy different coloured bricks at the side of the roof along the chimney cavity: https://ibb.co/1f8164n Is this indicitive of damp problems or anything? There was a...

House I'm looking to buy has a garage converted into an office/studio room, pictures below...it looks like they did a very good job and it still looks fresh despite the conversion happening 7-ish years ago, but the more I read about the steps necessary to do this kind of thing correctly (load...