I have just been to see a delightful one-bedroom flat in a seemingly renovated building that could have been filmed by the BBC, but it was not! Perhaps it should have been? The flat was pleasantly laid out and had good quality 2010 fitments, so it's before its time! However my Client asked me to make a detailed inspection of the building and having done so I found a tree growing out of one of the chimney stacks, not a Christmas tree as I was hoping at this time of year, but a Buddleia shrub. The other stack was so porous it was leaking and a bowl in the roof was indicative of a previous leak that was in actual fact still leaking. Serious dampness was penetrating the front wall within the hall, and the amount of rain water running down the rear elevation needs a damning, let alone redecoratong! There was no insulation in any of the roof voids and although my Client is, fortunately, not purchasing one of the top floor flats, those that do will find them very cold. None of the radiators are provided with thermostats so I don't think the developers were particularly ‘Green’. None of these points are off putting but all of these points need attention. So, the saying is true, all that glitters is not Gold, but it could be…   more »