The problems today with an old house that requires refurbishment are that costs have almost doubled in the last 10 to 15 years

My partner and I have a love for older properties and have a dream to buy one and renovate it. We’ve looked at a few older houses in Dublin and found one we are interested in. We also found out from the estate agent that previous buyers had pulled out after getting the survey back. Given that we are looking at an older home and plan to renovate, we don’t expect a “clean bill of health”. But are there specific survey issues that you would consider to be dealbreakers?

Some surveyors pride themselves on writing up a voluminous building survey report on the premise that the more negative the conten

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