Gable End Wall

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Hi

I'm after buying a house which we've noticed is slightly leaning outwards on the gable end wall (I think that is the right name - basically it is the end wall in a row of terraces). I'm not sure what a surveyor would say about it and whether it would affect a mortgage offer.

The house is perfectly sound inside and the houses are about 80 years old.

If I have to replace this end wall, what sort of costs could be involved? It's a typical two bed house, so external wall length would be about 26/28ft.

Is it the sort of job that a couple of brickies could do in about a week or two? Grateful if someone could outline what works would be involved.

Many thanks
 
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Yes a week or two to remove the bricks and rebuild, however is the house rendered? If not then the original bricks will have to be cleaned or similar sourced otherwise it'll look naff, also if the wall is leaning then there must be movement somewhere, has someone made good the cracks and disguised them or something? Be wary, get full survey done first, if I were buying a house like that I would want it at a realistic price, if it was on at say 250k and the work was 30k (it'll probably need a rewire and plumbing etc.) offer 170k. You can always offer more.
 
Hi,

No the house is not rendered and there definitely aren't any cracks.

I'm just looking at the worse case scenario of rebuilding one wall. I would not have thought it would cost anything like £30k when you can have a whole smallish house built for £65-70K.

Any other opinions out there. Unfortunately I haven't got time for a survey as its a house at auction early next week. Originally I had a maximum purchase price in mind, but now I've given further thought to this wall - to be on the safe side, I want to reduce my maximum purchase price (just in case).

There is nothing untoward with the property being in auction - the company that is selling the property specialise in buying property from the owners and then they live there until they pass away (equity release sort of thing). Once this happens - they only ever sell the property on at auction. I have purchased one of their properties before.
 
£65-70k will get you a two story extension on a 1930s semi here in Bristol, London has got to be more, as you haven't had a full survey done I would not like to be the one responsible for you getting your fingers burnt, I'm in the position of worst case scenario if it falls down then I'll rebuild it myself.If you can't get it at a giveaway price leave it well alone, there are plenty more houses out there.
 
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£65-70k will get you a two story extension on a 1930s semi here in Bristol, London has got to be more, as you haven't had a full survey done I would not like to be the one responsible for you getting your fingers burnt, I'm in the position of worst case scenario if it falls down then I'll rebuild it myself.If you can't get it at a giveaway price leave it well alone, there are plenty more houses out there.


I'm confident about the house. I know the row of houses well, I'm just trying to cover myself on a worse case scenario of rebuilding the one wall.

Would you say it could be rebuilt by two brickies (or one plus a labourer) in two weeks plus materials etc?
 
Hi there

I've just been back down to look at the house. I think my mind was playing games with me. The wall isn't leaning out at all. At the very top of the house, the gable end is very slightly leaning - at the very very most, I think it would be a rebuild of the gable end.

The house is 115 years old and the wind over a period of time can causing this type of leaning I think.
 
Probably solid wall built with lime mortar at that age. Easier to take down and reuse the bricks with lime. Depends on how much it's leaning as to whether it needs a rebuild.
 

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