GarMir23
2023-03-23 16:03:29
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Hello everyone,
we are currently considering buying a house and have just had our first viewing appointment.
It is a prefabricated house from 1978. There is certainly still quite a bit to do, but basically the structure made a pretty good first impression. The floor seems solid and does not creak, etc.
However, two things are definitely to be criticized:
1. Water damage on a basement wall due to a leaking gutter and resulting frost damage to the entrance stairs below.
2. Strange shadowy stripes on an intermediate ceiling. I would like to get an assessment of this, if anyone knows the phenomenon:

I am referring to the stripes on the ceiling, which run from the wall into the room.
Due to their regularity, I suspect that these are impressions of the beams in the intermediate ceiling. But I am an absolute layperson and can only make assumptions. If that is the case: Is this a problem, or is it normal for a prefabricated house after 45 years?
Thank you very much in advance!
we are currently considering buying a house and have just had our first viewing appointment.
It is a prefabricated house from 1978. There is certainly still quite a bit to do, but basically the structure made a pretty good first impression. The floor seems solid and does not creak, etc.
However, two things are definitely to be criticized:
1. Water damage on a basement wall due to a leaking gutter and resulting frost damage to the entrance stairs below.
2. Strange shadowy stripes on an intermediate ceiling. I would like to get an assessment of this, if anyone knows the phenomenon:
I am referring to the stripes on the ceiling, which run from the wall into the room.
Due to their regularity, I suspect that these are impressions of the beams in the intermediate ceiling. But I am an absolute layperson and can only make assumptions. If that is the case: Is this a problem, or is it normal for a prefabricated house after 45 years?
Thank you very much in advance!