Alistair young

After a recent watch spanish holiday TV programme the guy had half his plaster in upstairs bedroom chopped off because it had "blown". Builder said that damp was being transferred from outside and separating the sand cement render to the bricks and proceeded after the chopping of old render to coat the walls with PVA which in itself not waterproof but is a good adhesive. Considering where this guy lives gets at least 300 days sun a year and bedroom was upstairs I doubted that it was damp but inside walls were powdery. Wondered what anyone thinks?

currently have no extractors or trickle vents or MHVR i am one person and dry clothes once a week inside due to weather no tumble dryer and no humidistat. in my newly acquired 1950s semi detached council bungalow. I'm still wondering if i should warm the water going to the cistern or just try to extract as much of the moisture from the bathroom. ? I do have a couple of dehumidifiers but they only fix the immediate problem and are no long term fix and are intrusive.. Other question is insulation of exterior walls to warm them up to stop the cold areas . I had cavity wall insulation poly balls in last house and did actually work and warmed the whole house and lessoned the damp it was free at the time but can't get it done for free here have tried and those companies really are the worst but you don't care when they free. but is cheaper option than exterior cladding the bungalow. Sorry if I've missed some suggestions it's a very complex issue.

This time of year condensation is at its worst in u.k. I have 2 areas of concern one is in bathroom cistern condensation so bad it's working it's way down and lifting the lino and the bedroom wall inside where 2 exterior walls meet eachother it's chronic dripping damp it wasn't there before i moved in. In fact the bungalow was very dry maybe they ventilated the bungalow more as there is no extractors in either the kitchen or bathroom but absolutely no signs of damp or mould? Any ideas of budget solutions. Thanks