Hi,
I have moved into my ppor, a villa unit. I have just had a building inspection done as wanted to get property looked at and to run ideas by about what sort of Renos to do, ideas etc.
Builder said and demonstrated to me that areas of the unit were not level and dropping 10mm at least in areas. Instrument used to determine was a spirit level on the floor. He also pointed out this is why a couple of the doors are sticking when opening/closing and a couple of cornices are not lining up as floor has moved.
He recommended getting the property relevelled. Said the concrete stumps were ok and dry under house so no need for a restump and that packing was all that's required and not too awful a job.
When I told my dad about this he was totally against it saying all houses are never level, no big deal and that relevelling will cause other problems like cracks in the plaster in other areas. 10mm out is nothing he said.
Wondering if I could get others opinions on what to do? My view is that I should spend the grand or two getting it done as we are going to live in the unit for the foreseeable future and I'm a bit of a perfectionist too.
Thank you
Ben
I have moved into my ppor, a villa unit. I have just had a building inspection done as wanted to get property looked at and to run ideas by about what sort of Renos to do, ideas etc.
Builder said and demonstrated to me that areas of the unit were not level and dropping 10mm at least in areas. Instrument used to determine was a spirit level on the floor. He also pointed out this is why a couple of the doors are sticking when opening/closing and a couple of cornices are not lining up as floor has moved.
He recommended getting the property relevelled. Said the concrete stumps were ok and dry under house so no need for a restump and that packing was all that's required and not too awful a job.
When I told my dad about this he was totally against it saying all houses are never level, no big deal and that relevelling will cause other problems like cracks in the plaster in other areas. 10mm out is nothing he said.
Wondering if I could get others opinions on what to do? My view is that I should spend the grand or two getting it done as we are going to live in the unit for the foreseeable future and I'm a bit of a perfectionist too.
Thank you
Ben