TomTom1982

Got those following I think we found the cause! Today I found this! Looks like it used to have something right where that floorboard is. Old houses are fascinating.

Thanks all this gives me confidence to just get it cleaned up and the ceiling fixed in the basement. Now to find a handyman who can do it in less than a week

Thanks Joe. I did manage to get a few better photos too. Stress!

No not spongy at all it's solid, the floorboard when pressed from the basement does feel a bit fragile/ crumbly. It's all come to light because I hit the lath and plaster in the basement with the top of a lader in and it all came down. Sods law its 1 week before we have a surveyor coming through having sold the house.

Thanks Gus so it used to be the kitchen way way back. It's now our dining room. When we moved in we had the floors ripped up and hardwood put down, I suspect it was then that lath was put down (at a guess) as they used a ton of leveling screed on the floor before putting down the flooring with that hole I suspect they had to cover it or the leveling stuff would have gone through. I've added a couple of photos showing roughly where it is on the floor above and then where that sits in the basement.

Thanks its just the area surrounding it is darker than the rest of the wood, it also feels a bit brittle but that might be due to the fact its near the edge of the hole. Just stressing me as above it is hardwood as you can see it has screeding and a mesh ... thing.

Interesting thought and actually of the stuff that came down I didn't actually see any flakes of wood or the likes that would have come from it.

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone can advise me on what i'm looking at here? Its the underside of some floorboards in a 120 yr old house, oddly this floorboard is near the center of the room. Is this wet rot? Thanks for the help.

Oh is this possible to fight? I had thought as they where moving from retail to residential it wasn't possible to argue against it as it was effectively permitted development? They have however applied for planning for some bits like adding a pitched roof and changing window sizes which I do believe I can argue about.

Hi everyone This is my first post but hopefully not my last I am looking to understand what the term "for the lifetime of the development" means in respect to planning permission. I have what was previously a retail unit behind my home which was granted planning for extended opening with the stipulation that the first floor windows must remain obscured to at least level 3 for the lifetime of the development. Today there is a notice for change of use to residential..what I am looking to understand is does that obscured glass stipulation in planning carry forward to this new use? thanks for your help. Tom