| Comment | I bought a top-floor flat and took a different strategy - the seller couldn't confirm when the roof was last repaired, so I assumed it was the 80s (which meshed with what you could see from the ground).
This means that the roof will probably need some major works during the time I own this place. I did a guesstimate of how much that would cost for a place of this size, divided by the number of flats, and we basically set that amount of money aside (both mentally and physically) when making our offer.
In the event, we've only had one small leak over the bay window that needed patching, but if the whole thing needs redone then we're ready for it. |
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