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[Pow-Lo]

Sadly surveys are never going to pick up everything and owners are generally quite good at hiding problems. Our last place had a big settlement crack in the garage wall....when I looked back at the survey you could see a coat hook had been put in with a long coat hanging from it to hide the crack internally

when my son bought a Victorian terrace in central London it was no surprise that the survey indicated damp in the front of the property and estimated £10k-£15k to resolve it. The first time I visited I had a good look over the place and noticed that the down pipe from the roof guttering had separated. There was a builder working over the road - at a cost of £30 I got him to come over with his ladder and rectify the problem which took about two minutes. And the damp had disappeared within a few months, a saving of around £9,970 and £14,970.

We’ve just pulled up the sitting room carpet. On the wall adjacent to the stairs, previous owners had a damp course put in. Must’ve been bad because the original floorboards are gone and boards are down now. The damp course seems fine, no signs of damp, but as we pulled the underlay up we found black staining all along the wall where the tradesmen didn’t clean up properly.

We know the valley roof was bodged a number of times over the years and it cost us £2k to have it done proper.

As much as I love this house, I am mildly concerned about what other bodges we‘ll find in time.

 

[andyBeaker]

We’ve just pulled up the sitting room carpet. On the wall adjacent to the stairs, previous owners had a damp course put in. Must’ve been bad because the original floorboards are gone and boards are down now. The damp course seems fine, no signs of damp, but as we pulled the underlay up we found black staining all along the wall where the tradesmen didn’t clean up properly.

We know the valley roof was bodged a number of times over the years and it cost us £2k to have it done proper.

As much as I love this house, I am mildly concerned about what other bodges we‘ll find in time.

It could have been worse - you could have bought a new build on a development; you wouldn’t believe some of the stuff I have come across. The most amusing being an extractor fan in an ensuite being installed the wrong way round

 

[Squag1]

Or an extractor fan going into the attic.....
Or the soil pipe going into the attic......

 

[derek kelly]

It wouldn’t matter if the garage was falling down providing it didn’t affect the house.

 

[andyBeaker]

Had an all too frequent conversation with a contractor including the phrase ‘where are you?’

 

[Pow-Lo]

It could have been worse - you could have bought a new build on a development; you wouldn’t believe some of the stuff I have come across. The most amusing being an extractor fan in an ensuite being installed the wrong way round

We've had more than our fair share of problems with the three new-builds we've bought, particularly the last one. They seem to get worse every time.

Anyhoo, it's just gone Pete Tong here again. Sitting room carpet has come up and the floor underneath is in great condition and ready for the flooring to be laid. However, the lounge is part of the extension and the floor underneath is concrete. You ever seen a still photograph of an ocean with a moderate swell running? That's the concrete floor. It now has to be levelled with latex today (which they don't have any stock of back at the shop) and then come back to lay the floors tomorrow, providing they can source the levelling compound today

 

[andyBeaker]

We've had more than our fair share of problems with the three new-builds we've bought, particularly the last one. They seem to get worse every time.

Anyhoo, it's just gone Pete Tong here again. Sitting room carpet has come up and the floor underneath is in great condition and ready for the flooring to be laid. However, the lounge is part of the extension and the floor underneath is concrete. You ever seen a still photograph of an ocean with a moderate swell running? That's the concrete floor. It now has to be levelled with latex today (which they don't have any stock of back at the shop) and then come back to lay the floors tomorrow, providing they can source the levelling compound today

I feel your pain.

when we had the extension built here the surveyor for the Amtico flooring detected quite a large damp patch in the recently laid concrete floor. Suggested we left it to dry out for a month and he would come back an resurvey....., same result again, left it for another month and still no sign of it drying out. The builder couldn’t figure it out either so he started breaking the floor up and, fortunately very quickly, found a void in the concrete that was the source of a false reading for damp.

 

[DanBow]

Took the Bird out for a spin to check on my mum. I speak to her a couple of times a week but haven't seen her since before Christmas.

 

[Minkey]

went for a walk and the sun was out, half way into walk and it chucks it down, got soaked...note to self must buy brolly

 

[Jaws]

Tore the ped lump right down, checked th CV clutch and rollers, split the crankcase and fitted new main bearings and crank seals
Nailed the crankcase together and fitted new piston rings
Canna refit the barrel as my honing tool is pretty much worn out and the replacement will not get here until Friday....

 

[Jaws]

Tried to find why the back tyre of the ped I am currently working on keeps going down..
No valve leak, no puncture.. Gave up and decided pumping it up a couple of times a year aint so bad LOL !!

 

[Squag1]

Minkey

Tried to find why the back tyre of the ped I am currently working on keeps going down..
No valve leak, no puncture.. Gave up and decided pumping it up a couple of times a year aint so bad LOL !!

Clean the rim??
My tyre man always cleans the rim before fitting new tyre in case bits of rubber stuck on rim cause leaks

 

[Jaws]

Minkey

Clean the rim??
My tyre man always cleans the rim before fitting new tyre in case bits of rubber stuck on rim cause leaks

Its got a tube in it

 

[derek kelly]

Took buddy to vets for his jab.
Cleaned buddy’s vomit out of the back of the car after his visit to the vets.

 

[Squag1]

Took buddy to vets for his jab.
Cleaned buddy’s vomit out of the back of the car after his visit to the vets.

I'm really pleased that you told me that

 

[Malone]

I hope it’s a one-off occurrence. All my dogs have loved car travel and were even better sat in the motorhome eagerly wanting to travel.

 

[andyBeaker]

Took buddy to vets for his jab.
Cleaned buddy’s vomit out of the back of the car after his visit to the vets.

 

[Jaws]

I hope it’s a one-off occurrence. All my dogs have loved car travel and were even better sat in the motorhome eagerly wanting to travel.

You aint alone !!! As soon as the van is open Dillon is always first in !!!!

 

[andyBeaker]

Following yesterday’s ‘where are you’ telephone conversation with a contractor today I had a call from the same contractor at 13.40 ‘the site is locked up so I can’t get in’.

That’ll be because, as arranged yesterday, you aren’t due until Friday at 8:am..

 

[Malone]

I can drive too, even without a licence