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The OP has not said if a BellCast was installed and the pics dont show. Any BellCast should finish just above the DPC line. The DPC line in a new build should be 150mm above ground level. Your DPC is bridged. The brickwork below the DPC should be exposed. The Plinth should not even be there...

Can you post pics showing the whole gable wall and stack and the base of the gable wall? Is the gable rendered? From either the interior or the exterior the best thing to do is open up all your flues at the fireplaces and sweep and smoke test them all. Remove all debris. Then, as you make good...

Fine but how will any builder be able "to inspect whats going on" without opening up the ceiling as advised above?

OP, do you intend to remove the left hand skim bead?

Are you used to getting your knickers snapped you rascal, were your articles heirlooms or from charity shops? As long as your happy nige, probably helps you save on trousers?

If you take it back to brick you can render the walls with lime render and tile directly on to the surface. Or, you can board all wet wall areas with backer board, and use plasterboard for dry areas.

OP, 1900 plaster was a lime plaster that was often mixed with horse hair - your walls show various kinds of plaster patches plus dabs and lines of adhesive. At the inside corner there appears to be a gap? Your best bet might be to remove all the plaster back to brick, & start with a fresh...

Snap! So would i. I'd be well interested in the outcome.

OP, To repeat what skilled, experienced people know: its far from fine in terms of safety and ease of use for a DIY'er. Plus its expensive. Stay away from it and as above, if you want to render then use a Lime render - safe and cheap. FWIW: Dot&Dab adhesive will transmit moisture to the...

Ther's a number of issues: Its against English Regs to ventilate into a public interior space - BCO pulled a landlord on a job for that. The wood panelling on the b/r ceiling is a very bad idea. Dropping ceilings is often to retain heat not to ventilate. Why not isolate the extractor & all...

See "fixmyroof" vids on youtube. There are various concoctions that would probably do the job but without seeing a few pics of your flat roof i'd hesitate to recom any.

You need to post pics but at first glance what you describe is classic wall-ties rusting and swelling in the same bed. From the outside why not remove a bit of render and blockwork at one single tie, and examine its condition - but dont attempt to pull it out.

Best practice would be for you to not use any kind of plasterboard behind the basin and basin back splash. Use some kind of backer board instead in potentially wet areas. Where you do use p/b use the cheapest 1/2" board you can find - green board is a con , its no more water resistant than any...

OP, Why are you proposing to change something thats in good shape, ie the tile hanging, for render that will, esp on a bay panel, come with its own possible problems - eg bays in general are prone to movement which tile hanging will absorb. Bay panel studwork can shrink & expand and crack...

When the masonry background is stripped & exposed why not post a pic of the elevation? Sometimes, esp in old property, its necessary & best practice to partially or fully point up before rendering. Its occasionally necessary to replace individual or patch brickwork.

OP, A lime render mix of 3:1 or 4:1 sand & lime is the most simple, inexpensive and effective method for interior or exterior rendering. The "Lime Plaster" that you refer to is not necessary, & can be dangerous to the inexperienced user. The books on Remedial work that i've noticed seem to...

There's lots of recent posts in this forum about flues etc why not read up on them?

Fwiw: what i meant in #23 was both of those pics show an adjustable plastic vent. The face plate is like a Hit & Miss vent.

The view under the units looks dry although i cant actually see the plastered wall. The access trap could be anywhere in the house - traditionally, they were located out of the way under the stairs

I think thats an adjustable vent - the face plate moves sideways to open or cover.