Video overview · 1 minute 29 seconds
36 Cavendish Road, Salford M7 4WW: the video
An introduction to the concerns described in professional reports about the property and the party wall shared with No. 34.
Video transcript
Transcript of the updated video published on 4 November 2026, with spelling and punctuation normalised. Please read the underlying reports and obtain your own professional surveys and advice.
0:00 The party wall report says, for all practical purposes, 34 and 36 Cavendish Road remain a single dwelling.
0:07 Thinking of buying number 36? Think twice!
0:10 The bank has repossessed it, and we have reason to believe it's coming onto the market.
0:14 In 2008, the brick party wall was knocked out, upstairs and downstairs, and steel beams were put in instead.
0:21 What went back is 100 mm blockwork, stood on the floorboards and joists and never signed off.
0:26 It stayed hidden behind plasterboard until it was uncovered in February 2025.
0:31 There's no sound insulation and no privacy. Conversations and footsteps are clearly heard through the wall.
0:37 The steel was left in with no fire protection, and gaps on both floors let fire and smoke pass straight between the homes.
0:43 Below the floor, only broken brickwork was left, and there's no record the foundations were ever checked.
0:48 The report says neither house is fit for habitation as it stands, and the fire engineer advises keeping number 36 unoccupied.
0:55 The structural engineer found it doesn't meet the requirement to be stable.
0:59 Floors drop towards the party wall, leaving a 20 mm gap with a big dip by the dining room, while the far side leans out the other way.
1:07 Putting it right means propping both houses, cutting out the joists and beams, new foundations below the basement and a new wall to the roof.
1:14 Several months and hundreds of thousands of pounds for the party wall alone. Salford City Council is now investigating.
1:21 Before you commit, speak to us. The reports are available on request.