Damp patch after skim over

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how49d

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Damp patch after skim over
Hi all first time poster so sorry if I do it wrong...

Recently purchased 1900's Victorian mid terrace. 9inch solid brick external walls. Suspended timber floor at the front, quarry tile and Earth at the back.

The problem I have is that following a reskim over what appeared to be a gypsum finish to the internal wall between the front and back rooms using a multi finish (I think), I now have this small section of wall which refuses to dry out! In actual fact a few days after it was plastered the quarry tiles in this corner were so wet I decided to replace the floor with a new concrete floor to see if this helped with the issue. I now have a dry floor and a wet wall... Could this be condensation down to the fact we are not living in it and the place is not heated or do I need to knock this off and apply sand and cement?
 
To the left of the damp patch is plaster board but what is beneath the damp patch is it bonding?
 
How long since it was done?,it just might not be fully dried out yet if bonding was used in parts.It's still not fully dried out around the doorway but don't go pulling down the ceiling.
 
Thanks for the smart answers lads... Like I said I replaced the floor because the floor was wet not because the walls were wet!?! And it was quarries not a solid floor.

The plasterboard was over and old door opening.

I don't think he used bonding as the wall was already plastered, it wes literally a skim over. But it was about March/ April when this was plastered.
 
Bit difficult for anyone on here to give answers without being there ,so your gonna get humour .Mountains of info online already just you chose this route rather than looking for self or calling someone in :aburrido:
 
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