A property developer realised he’d missed a potential major structural issue in the house he’d just bought, when Homes Under The Hammer presenter Tommy Walsh spotted a chimney breast that had been removed on the ground floor.
Businessman and experienced property developer Lee, bought the house for £53,000, with plans to renovate and rent it out.
Appearing on the property development show, Lee was showing Tommy, who also happens to be an experienced builder, around the residence. However, Tommy froze when he noticed the missing chimney breast, running upstairs and into a bedroom on the first floor to see if the chimney breast in that room was still in place, which it was. It meant that it would not be supported adequately, bringing forth the question whether the structure had any support between the two floors.
