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Hi all,

First time buyers here. We've just gone sale agreed on a 2-bed terraced house in south Dublin. The survey says it's in generally good structural condition, but it flagged four essential items:

1. Active woodworm in the roof timbers (fresh flight holes and bore dust). The surveyor recommends specialist treatment.
2. Rear extension roof: the pitch may be too shallow for the tiles used, and there appears to be a leak into the kitchen ceiling. The worst case is re-covering it as a flat roof.
3. Fire stopping: the roof felt runs over the party walls in the attic, which isn't proper fire stopping between houses.
4. Gas boiler: it works, but there's no service histor

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