Just been to look at a house coming up for auction soon. It's in need of total refurb, with nothing _too_ scary... except...
One front corner of the outside walls is making a bid for freedom. Looks like the foundations have done some serious settling, and it's all sagging. Inside, if you peel away the wallpaper where it's been gaffer- taped back into position (yep, seriously), there's a gap in the stonework that you can easily get a couple of fingers in, vertically. Outside's rendered, with big cracks that've obviously been patched many, many times over the year. Standing in the street, you can see where the wall's moved down and away from the roof, probably only a similar amount to that visible inside.
None of this is recent movement, it's taken a fair while to get to that stage. The occupant, now deceased, was clearly very elderly, and all the decor is 1950s at best. The house itself's late 19th century, at a guess, stone-built.
I'm assuming it's going to need that corner (probably 4m of each wall, two storeys) taking down, foundations sorting properly, and rebuilding properly.
There's also a low rear extension containing the kitchen and a couple of "sheds". Needs ripping down and rebuilding from scratch, really. Probably
4m x 5.5m in all.Any ballpark guesses as to total costs for each of the two? I'm just thinking of the structure, rather than any finish work or even first-fix. There's no real problems with access. It's in town, in the Welsh borders.