In the middle of tearing my 'new' house apart. Opening between lounge and dining room was through a supporting brick wall. Just as well I wanted it blocked off as there was no lintel installed! Then the wiring of the old part of the house was interesting. The new extension wiring was just shoved into it. Found a 3" screw through a live wire. And the bathrooms - sitting on the loos is tight, too tight. Not sure how they wiped themselves. At least I was left the invoices for the work done so I know who not to hire in the future. Like you I had 3 weeks before the furniture arrived and got the damp sorted, house wired for ethernet cable. Furniture arrived, then we started finding the problems, so I really feel for you. Everything is now covered in dust as jobs are getting tackled.
Oy vey sounds like there are some pretty serious issues! So you’re all good now or are you still discovering stuff? What year was your house built in? It’s just funny because a neighbour came to say hi when we just moved in. She didn’t really know the people who were here before so I told her she is welcome to come check out the house, she was so baffled because she remembers that they did so much work and must have spent a fortune and she left thinking, “what on earth”. Our house is in a good space now, our bedroom flooring arrived today so things are definitely moving along!
I actually prefer a shower curtain over glass! Love those striped ones that are floating around on Pinterest. When we make the shower bigger so that we can have space to put in the shower tray, I’d like to put in a curtain. But yea was hoping to do that until we discovered that the previous owners completely botched the construction of that room, lack of waterproofing.
Hey Lauren. What you're experiencing is completely normal. It's hard to see all the faults in a house that you're smitten with during a 20 minute walk around. No surveyor is going to care enough to look in every nook and cranni like they would their own purchase. We found issues that we missed on day one of moving in too but two years later everything we needed to be done was finished and we were super happy. Owning your home is a never ending journey of repairs and tweaks anyway. The work especially with Victorian homes is never done.
At least I learned that a survey was a waste of time haha. Excited about working on this house though, you're right - Victorian houses will always be a work in progress. Glad to hear you are happy with all the work you have put in.
@@LaurenPlitUKIn theory the surveyor protects you from buying a property with major faults without knowing so. I don't think they're useless but they're not an itemised list of house issues that a lot of people think they are. Best of luck with your planned changes.
@ the surveyor is one thing, before getting a survey done, I did see that it is a bit useless to get one done. What bothers us is that we had asked the question about the loft room shower. We have it in writing as “brand new and fully functional”. We asked the surveyor to check the shower-he could not as it was piled with boxes. The owners and their solicitor were very aggressive when we asked about the shower. When we had the leak happen, we went back to the solicitor, the previous owners then said it was never meant to be a wet room despite a waste and plumbing being present. Then they also said it is five years old which is not brand new, is it? So essentially they made a catfish ensuite, they didn’t disclose that the bathroom was not functional. I left a lot out as it’s just a whole long story. Not making a claim, don’t have the energy. We all think they made a ton of mistakes here and decided to move on because it was too much of a nightmare to fix.
They say you must always measure, and then measure again to make sure you measurements are correct. Keep up the good work, you are doing such a good job. 💕
Great video, but also a nice reminder for those that are going to buy one day like me to watch out for the gremlins. For the shower room, can’t you put in one of those curved corner doors/screens ?
There is literally no space plus we have to put in a shower tray as you cannot have tiles on wood floors like that, the joists move so there will forever be cracks and leaks. Never ever ever do a wet room on anything other than a cement floor. Also, there is no space as there is literally like 10 cm of normal ceiling height in that shower. Anyone taller than me (1.66m) won’t be able to stand in that shower. The stud wall has to move. But yea, this is why I made my cranky bitchy ranty video because it’s definitely stuff to keep an eye out for.
@@Amacott99 we didn’t know that the shower leaked as we had asked the question. The previous owners were disingenuous and knew there was an issue and failed to disclose. We are moving on but I thought it would be an interesting video for those who are buying or thinking of doing renovations, what to look out for etc as I had to cut out a lot of whackadoodle things the previous owners did.
@@LaurenPlitUK I'd say don't worry about it. I personally find it refreshing when people show the whole picture, the good, the bad and the ugly. It's life!
Yea, like I spent last weekend painting my bedroom ceiling and I hate it so now this weekend I am repainting it a completely different colour - gonna show all the eff ups 🤣
This video is an open and honest account of problems first time buyers have with their house and to show others so they know what to look out for and not make the same mistakes. There's no need to be so rude.
In the middle of tearing my 'new' house apart. Opening between lounge and dining room was through a supporting brick wall. Just as well I wanted it blocked off as there was no lintel installed! Then the wiring of the old part of the house was interesting. The new extension wiring was just shoved into it. Found a 3" screw through a live wire. And the bathrooms - sitting on the loos is tight, too tight. Not sure how they wiped themselves. At least I was left the invoices for the work done so I know who not to hire in the future. Like you I had 3 weeks before the furniture arrived and got the damp sorted, house wired for ethernet cable. Furniture arrived, then we started finding the problems, so I really feel for you. Everything is now covered in dust as jobs are getting tackled.
Oy vey sounds like there are some pretty serious issues! So you’re all good now or are you still discovering stuff? What year was your house built in? It’s just funny because a neighbour came to say hi when we just moved in. She didn’t really know the people who were here before so I told her she is welcome to come check out the house, she was so baffled because she remembers that they did so much work and must have spent a fortune and she left thinking, “what on earth”. Our house is in a good space now, our bedroom flooring arrived today so things are definitely moving along!
You should put a shower rail and curtain up in the en suite 😊
I actually prefer a shower curtain over glass! Love those striped ones that are floating around on Pinterest. When we make the shower bigger so that we can have space to put in the shower tray, I’d like to put in a curtain. But yea was hoping to do that until we discovered that the previous owners completely botched the construction of that room, lack of waterproofing.
Hey Lauren. What you're experiencing is completely normal. It's hard to see all the faults in a house that you're smitten with during a 20 minute walk around. No surveyor is going to care enough to look in every nook and cranni like they would their own purchase. We found issues that we missed on day one of moving in too but two years later everything we needed to be done was finished and we were super happy. Owning your home is a never ending journey of repairs and tweaks anyway. The work especially with Victorian homes is never done.
At least I learned that a survey was a waste of time haha. Excited about working on this house though, you're right - Victorian houses will always be a work in progress. Glad to hear you are happy with all the work you have put in.
@@LaurenPlitUKIn theory the surveyor protects you from buying a property with major faults without knowing so. I don't think they're useless but they're not an itemised list of house issues that a lot of people think they are. Best of luck with your planned changes.
@ the surveyor is one thing, before getting a survey done, I did see that it is a bit useless to get one done. What bothers us is that we had asked the question about the loft room shower. We have it in writing as “brand new and fully functional”. We asked the surveyor to check the shower-he could not as it was piled with boxes. The owners and their solicitor were very aggressive when we asked about the shower. When we had the leak happen, we went back to the solicitor, the previous owners then said it was never meant to be a wet room despite a waste and plumbing being present. Then they also said it is five years old which is not brand new, is it? So essentially they made a catfish ensuite, they didn’t disclose that the bathroom was not functional.
I left a lot out as it’s just a whole long story. Not making a claim, don’t have the energy.
We all think they made a ton of mistakes here and decided to move on because it was too much of a nightmare to fix.
Yeah that's wild. It's not unreasonable to expect an ensuite to be functional especially when asked directly if it actually is.
They say you must always measure, and then measure again to make sure you measurements are correct. Keep up the good work, you are doing such a good job. 💕
You live, you learn haha. Measured across and one side correctly, so almost there 🤣 the wall on the right is the wonky one.
That original kitchen light fitting was certainly a choice!
Detest. I legit must sound like such a bitch about all this haha.
Great video, but also a nice reminder for those that are going to buy one day like me to watch out for the gremlins.
For the shower room, can’t you put in one of those curved corner doors/screens ?
There is literally no space plus we have to put in a shower tray as you cannot have tiles on wood floors like that, the joists move so there will forever be cracks and leaks. Never ever ever do a wet room on anything other than a cement floor. Also, there is no space as there is literally like 10 cm of normal ceiling height in that shower. Anyone taller than me (1.66m) won’t be able to stand in that shower. The stud wall has to move.
But yea, this is why I made my cranky bitchy ranty video because it’s definitely stuff to keep an eye out for.
Why keep whining…….you bought the house, knowing how it looked ie shower/murphy bed. Honestly be grateful and move forward!
@@Amacott99 we didn’t know that the shower leaked as we had asked the question. The previous owners were disingenuous and knew there was an issue and failed to disclose. We are moving on but I thought it would be an interesting video for those who are buying or thinking of doing renovations, what to look out for etc as I had to cut out a lot of whackadoodle things the previous owners did.
@@LaurenPlitUK I'd say don't worry about it. I personally find it refreshing when people show the whole picture, the good, the bad and the ugly. It's life!
Yea, like I spent last weekend painting my bedroom ceiling and I hate it so now this weekend I am repainting it a completely different colour - gonna show all the eff ups 🤣
This video is an open and honest account of problems first time buyers have with their house and to show others so they know what to look out for and not make the same mistakes. There's no need to be so rude.