The foundation is still clearly visible, they could do their job despite the railway. And they wouldn't have known that others didn't know it was there.

Widespread sentiment that if you don't buy something ASAP, you'll never be able to - meaning lots of buyers skimping on due diligence to close a sale.

A whimsical tale of dishonesty, laziness and incompetence. Merry fucking Christmas

(A joke but also not really because housing prices here in Australia are absolutely insane)

If the house collapses that's a good thing because then the heritage protections are gone and you can build something better. The property value probably goes up if the old workers hut falls over.

What inspectors actually do also depends on who is engaging them and how much they get paid. For example, in the ACT it's mandatory for sellers to have an inspection done. This will generally go to the lowest bidder and they will put in minimum effort, e.g. the report will have things like "Roof inspected as far as can see from ladder placed against the house" and "furniture present, unable to inspect area". If you were the buyer and engaging an inspector, and the seller cooperated, you could have them inspect as much as you were willing to pay them for.

"bringing it up to code" might also be as ambiguous as "engineer"