HELP NEEDED Basement flat with rising damp issues
Serena
3 years ago
Am in the throes of purchasing a studio basement flat in Brussels with a walled garden. Rising damp inside has been discovered!!! I have always thought rising damp is a very serious problem but my son seems to think it can easily be remedied? How, who? A reliable honest damp proof company? Or do I pull out of the project? Any advice greatly received. Have a video but no idea how to insert it.
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