Tigs wrote:

- Damp in several areas - under guarantee from 2001 (vendors)

What sort of damp? See recent thread (and others) about damp treatment
guarantees!

- Slight evidence of wall tie corrosion (due to black ash composition)
- slight horizontal cracking - need specialist to check whether these
need to be replaced (quite a tall Edwardian semi, may require
scaffolding.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but did the Edwardians build houses
with cavity walls? Or are there other applications for wall ties?

David