My mum is selling her house. It's a bungalow on an estate of similar properties built in the 60"s. It has two dormers, installed in the 1970s, in common with many of the others houses on the estate. Other than the usual (felt roofs, timber windows and timber cladding - all now replaced with PVC/EPDM) they have caused no issues, no sagging, cracks etc.
The buyers homebuyer report has suggested possible structural issues (after a good poke around in the eaves behind the dormers) and recommended a full structural survey (at her expense).
I just wonder what they could be getting at, all I can think of is roofs not sufficiently restrained or lack of sheathing on the sides (I think they're just studwork and plasterboard so possible racking?
I don't think they've shared the report with her, but apparently remedial works could be up to £20k!
We've told the buyers to take it or leave it so it may be back on the market, in which case I might see if I can do any necessary work myself.
To our knowledge, there's never been a single actual issue with any dormer on the estate - and the vast majority were done by the same firm that did hers.
The buyers homebuyer report has suggested possible structural issues (after a good poke around in the eaves behind the dormers) and recommended a full structural survey (at her expense).
I just wonder what they could be getting at, all I can think of is roofs not sufficiently restrained or lack of sheathing on the sides (I think they're just studwork and plasterboard so possible racking?
I don't think they've shared the report with her, but apparently remedial works could be up to £20k!
We've told the buyers to take it or leave it so it may be back on the market, in which case I might see if I can do any necessary work myself.
To our knowledge, there's never been a single actual issue with any dormer on the estate - and the vast majority were done by the same firm that did hers.