Thinking of buying an old unit on Australia. Will the issues with the bathroom attached be costly or difficult to fix? Is it just black mould or rust? I heard rust spreads.

This straight up looks like they painted over something they shouldn't have on the ceiling



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Why wouldn't they fix this up before selling it. Wouldn't it improve the sale value by heaps



Seems like you just need to bleach clean and mortar some tiles down

If they didn’t fix it before selling it, there’s a good chance there’s something more to it. If that stuff has been getting wet, you want to make sure it’s not rotted through and damaging something under there.

How does this stuff even happen

This looks pretty rotted and damaged to me. What do you think sarge?

Toilet, ceiling, and drain all look normal to me. But as the tripfag said, the floor damage probably came from something leaking for a long time. So expect to need to open it up and fix whatever it is

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there's your problem, if it was ex-public housing I assure you every tradie that has "fixed" stuff in the past did not give a fuck, half the time rightly so.

Wood under there on the floor? If so, it swells an pops the tile. If the leak is fixed, and no rot, just tile over it.



>>2603943 (OP)

Looks like rebar rusted and swelled up and popped the tile. Just tiling over it might last over a decade. If you’re ambitious, chisel out, marry the rebar with zinc, and re-cement.

>>2603943 (OP)

Looks like a typical Aussie old shitter unit.

>>2603943 (OP)

If you make an offer you should 100% have a subject to building inspection clause in the contract. Then get a builder to give you a report. They are like &lt;$1000 and could save you a nightmare. Plus they tell you what needs to be fixed instead of people on the internet

I'd have it checked for asbestos too. Aus used a lot of bestos in the past. Much cheaper to find and deal with it when it's still solid, than after you disturb it accidentally

>>2603943 (OP)

That's the toilet, right? Different part of the world but discharging out if the back side with a 90° a flange is something I've never saw.

This.

I live in an aboriginal-dense area and am friends with a builder/handyman that has done work on Commission Housing.

He doesn't put any effort beyond doing the bare-minimum because he knows they're just going to tear up whatever he does to use it as wood for their fires anyway.

Yeah I think they do that more in UK and Aus. Never seen it here in Canada except in truly wonky DIY settings
