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I'm in the process of purchasing a new house which is about 300 years old. I've had a building survey done and also another survey by a surveyor who specialises in damp. Over the years the building has been patched up using cement rather than lime mortar and the damp specialist had indicated...

I’m in the process of buying an old house (300 years old) and the building survey has picked up that a downstairs UPVC window is supporting the bricks above and it’s not strong enough. The survey says: "To the front elevation there is some evidence of cracking to the brickwork immediately above...