My house was built in 1910. It has a coalhouse/outside bog, was two rooms, knocked into one. One of the doors is original but has been screwed and secured shut, the other door being a retrofitted "farmhouse door".
Anyway, the building is in a terrible state. The roof needs renewing - the tiles are cracked and breaking up. The ceiling inside (half was laths and plaster) is cracking and falling in. The floor is uneven (large stone slabs and small stone cobbles), and worn away at the entrance. The walls outside have decayed at ground level due to having no water runoff, several joints at the corner have no mortar in them, and the bricks are decaying. The gutter has fallen off, I tied it up with string to keep it there. The brickwork inside is also awful, including the back wall onto next door's coalhouse.
Next door has had theirs refurbished some time ago, and looks good.
However, I feel that my coalhouse is beyond refurbishment.
What are my options?
Knock it down, level the ground and forget. Could cause problems with next door's roof having no triangulation?
Knock it down and rebuild - would need new foundations to current standards - ££££
Repair the current structure including a new roof. Could be a waste of time?
Pictures attached. Opinions please!!!
Cheers muchly!
(Yes I have posted this here before but wanted fresh opinions on the current state of the building)
Anyway, the building is in a terrible state. The roof needs renewing - the tiles are cracked and breaking up. The ceiling inside (half was laths and plaster) is cracking and falling in. The floor is uneven (large stone slabs and small stone cobbles), and worn away at the entrance. The walls outside have decayed at ground level due to having no water runoff, several joints at the corner have no mortar in them, and the bricks are decaying. The gutter has fallen off, I tied it up with string to keep it there. The brickwork inside is also awful, including the back wall onto next door's coalhouse.
Next door has had theirs refurbished some time ago, and looks good.
However, I feel that my coalhouse is beyond refurbishment.
What are my options?
Knock it down, level the ground and forget. Could cause problems with next door's roof having no triangulation?
Knock it down and rebuild - would need new foundations to current standards - ££££
Repair the current structure including a new roof. Could be a waste of time?
Pictures attached. Opinions please!!!
Cheers muchly!
(Yes I have posted this here before but wanted fresh opinions on the current state of the building)