Buying house, patio too high

[cjp2k]

Hi guys me and the Mrs are buying a new house, survey came back and the patio at the back of the property is too high, its only 130mm below DPM level, its a new patio which the current owners only put down 6 months ago, should I run for the hills, or is it likely to be OK, house doesn't have cavity wall insulation and the wall is east facing if that makes a difference....

I asked for a discount to remedy the work and was told no....paving is Marshalls Symphony apparently

[digerjones]

I would say it will be fine

[cjp2k]

Went round at lunch time reason patio is higher is due to it sloping away from the house and a inspection cover further down the patio. So they raised it so the man hole wasn't 2cm above the patio...

[seanandruby]

130 is fine. I'm surprised the survey brought it up over 20ml, ideally it should be 150 below.

[rxbren]

Considering a lot of new builds seem to put the grass right upto and in some cases above the air bricks you will be fine

[lutonlagerlout]

it will be fine,the drain cover could have been set to any height
LLL

[lemoncurd1702]

Even if it was an inch lower than the DPC, damp will still not breach it, that's what the dpc is for. The 150mm is for flooding/standing water reasons, also supposedly rain can bounce up to 150 mm when it hits the deck, so how we stop the horizontal rain is anyone's guess:p

If your property is elevated and all the paved areas fall away from the house then I wouldn't lose any sleep.
Surveyors have been stung in the past with compo claims so are increasingly stringent these days.