Jaytye

Thanks everyone, really appreciate your advice!

Apologies if this is in the wrong area, we're new to this site :) We are in the process of purchasing a 1950s/60s property that is of 'cross wall' construction and has a dual pitched roof of timber frame construction, which is covered with interlocking concrete tiles. Our homebuyer report has picked up on sagging to the roof, and advised to seek advice from a structural engineer, which is of course extra expense that we are unsure is necessary. The seller has had a few roofers round and provided quotes in the region of £200-£1000 for various works, but we don't expect they cover everything listed below... Problems - Obvious sagging of roof visually from outside (similar to next doors, but ours seems to be worse) - Wet rot on inside roof timbers - Harmful moss on surface tiles and in gutter - A couple of tiles lifted up and found eaves felt rotten - A few broken tiles not giving full protection - Poor fitting of tiles, a few no longer interlocking - Poor lead work around the chimney - Split batten on inside, caused by stress - Timbers around chimney show signs of water staining - Large hole in felt of loft space - Rafters on ridge have seperated considerably closer to party wall We have sent our own roofer round and shown them the problems/homebuyer survey etc. He came back with the attached report and concluded the entire roof may need redoing due to age and poor workmanship on repairs. But again, we're unsure if this is necessary. We've also attached the elements of our homebuyer survey that refer to the roof. We're really unsure on the next steps to take. 1. Whether we do just get someone to fix up a few problems for the short term, but will the problems keep coming soon down the line? 2. Go on advice, and pay for a structural engineer in to assess the roof and pay more money/lose time. 3. Or we really consider a whole roof replacement, but we have no idea what this would cost. Any advice or support you could give would be greatly appreciated. We're first time buyers, so everything here is new to us. Thanks, James & Kelly Homebuyer_Report.docx Roof_Inspection.docx