Property is a 3 bed semi built in the 40s. Didn’t see the cracks when we did the viewings so can only go by report.
Have spoken to a few builders and cavity wall tie specialists (FMB, BWTA or WTIF accredited) Sat and this morning. The consensus is that valuers these days are very cautious. Fair enough, no problem with that. A couple of guys reckon of £3000+ to do the whole house – which a couple of others have slated as being twice what it should be.
Looks like I’m going to have to foot the bill for the callout+report and stipulate that I want to be there when the investigation is done.
If the ties do need replacing then I guess we’re entitled to ask the vendors to knock the cost off the agreed price? Also, they had the cavities filled a couple of years ago so maybe this would have been picked up then if it was an issue. Then again, probably not.