TimmyBr

Yes full building survey by local surveyor who specialises in old buildings and followed up with timber and damp and external wall. Seen on wet day in late Oct and was warm and no evidence of leaking. I grew up in 500 year old farmhouse so used to wonkiness, deathwatch beetle, beams etc but clearly some elements of bodging going on. Our solicitor chasing for SW and other paperwork. Thanks for advice.

Thanks! Been reading all of your posts today with great interest. Lots of sage advice. Appreciated!

Really appreciate the sage advice and yes red flags all over the place. If the seller accepted an offer with a small mortgage (we had to submit our mortgage agreed in principle) is this misrepresentation knowing that they did not have structural warranty in place? We are quite far down the conveyancing process and several surveys done too.

Thanks for the advice.

Hmmm... We have had full building survey and followed up with wall, damp and timber surveys too. But struggling to understand how building control signed off with no documentation and why no guarantees in place for damp proofing, treatment of woodworm etc. Seems sloppy.

March 2021

Offer accepted on recent barn conversion in Yorkshire with mortgage. Full building survey revealed a number of build issues including roof and potential poor workmanship. Further surveys include damp and timber ok. But big issue now is no structural warranty and without which it looks extremely unlikely to get mortgable (which is about 1/4 of LTV). Barn conversion was signed off by building control but no guarantees or warranties or evidence such as tanking in the legal paperwork from the owner as yet (which is basically the law property society form only). Our offer was accepted on our mortgage but clearly this barn conversion should be for cash buyers only. From reading the excellent advice on here a retrospective structural warranty would be extremely costly with no paperwork or proof of timber treatment to damp proofing. Can anyone advise on what retrospective structural warranty could cost and what paperwork required ie proof of tanking guarantee etc. It feels like a very bad job done but before we walk away thought worth checking structural warranty quotes first.