I was hoping someone could offer some advise on the following situation.
I recently bought a property which unknown to me has a fairly major damp problem (since found out seller was painting walls on a weekly basis etc to hide the issues when viewings were happening)
We established that the damp was caused by ingress of water from the roof. When it rains hard it runs down the walls. I've had to remove all the plaster and expose the stone behind as it was wet through when it rains hard. Have several types of fungus growing on the walls including mould which cannot be good for our health.
Also we cannot decorate quite a few rooms in the house until this is sorted.
This is where the issues lie. We have had a few roofers out and the main issue lies in that the neighbours property needs a whole new roof along with the valley between the two houses re doing (shared cost in the valley)
The neighbours are elderly and cannot afford to fix it currently. They say they will be able to in time but realistically i need this doing now not in 12 months time.
The neighbour has to go into the loft to empty buckets of water when it rains. Again not ideal for them as both in their 70's.
Not sure what to do. Surely there's some kind of help available to them. From what i've read on the internet there is but hoped someone who has/had this issue could share there advice or just anyone in the know.
Cheers
I recently bought a property which unknown to me has a fairly major damp problem (since found out seller was painting walls on a weekly basis etc to hide the issues when viewings were happening)
We established that the damp was caused by ingress of water from the roof. When it rains hard it runs down the walls. I've had to remove all the plaster and expose the stone behind as it was wet through when it rains hard. Have several types of fungus growing on the walls including mould which cannot be good for our health.
Also we cannot decorate quite a few rooms in the house until this is sorted.
This is where the issues lie. We have had a few roofers out and the main issue lies in that the neighbours property needs a whole new roof along with the valley between the two houses re doing (shared cost in the valley)
The neighbours are elderly and cannot afford to fix it currently. They say they will be able to in time but realistically i need this doing now not in 12 months time.
The neighbour has to go into the loft to empty buckets of water when it rains. Again not ideal for them as both in their 70's.
Not sure what to do. Surely there's some kind of help available to them. From what i've read on the internet there is but hoped someone who has/had this issue could share there advice or just anyone in the know.
Cheers
