And when he arrives, he finds the place in serious disrepair.

Properties in serious disrepair can sell for hundreds of thousands of pounds less than equivalents in good condition, with discounts sometimes well above the cost of refurbishment.

This was a perilous business on a ship whose rigging was in serious disrepair.

By the 1970s the facility was in serious disrepair.

Officials reported they had found vehicles used to transport workers in serious disrepair and that some employees driving the vehicles did not have valid licences.