FIRST HOME !!

Hi Everyone

We are looking at buying our first home, but love the house we are renting at the moment, it does have some issues, but is a gorgeous house, fenced for our kids and in a brilliant area. It would be lovely to do up :) The issues we have is when the hot water cylinder needed replaced thats when we started to get mould on the bedrooms wallpaper, one room out of the three bedrooms, it keeps coming back and also a bit in the corners of the lounge aswell, its got a great fire, everything we need. The house is also bone dry underneath so we are not sure where the mould is coming from. We got told if we got a primer from Guthrie baron and took off the wallpaper and applied it and did everything they told us to do then it should not come back - Question is, if the landlord would sell us the house, would it be wise to touch it with the mould issue ? Every house we look at is probably going to need a wee bit of work done and with a different house we wouldnt know what issues the owners had covered up anyway ? What would u do ? This would be our first home . Once the house was done up with new wallpaper,curtains and stuff then it would be a gorgeous home, in a brilliant area too ! What's your opinion ?

TIA

I think you should get a professional builders report done mould or no mould. I know you've been living there, but there could be serious structural issues waiting in the wings that haven't made themselves obvious that could be a real hassle later on. Get a report and then not only will you know you're safe structurally, you'll get an answer on the mould etc too.

Our house is fine, but we get some corners that tend to get grotty. In our case, it's because the damp air tends to gather there, rather than being due to any leaks or real problems. It could just be that.