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daft question - "cornish unit construction"

suered
suered Posts: 333 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Is that estate agent speak for "possibly has mundic but no tests carried out"?

Thanks
"When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes" - Erasmus

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  • LandyAndy
    LandyAndy Posts: 26,377 Forumite
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    http://www.wills-co.co.uk/13.html
  • Kez100
    Kez100 Posts: 2,236 Forumite
    Mundic can be in ordinary looking properties.
  • suered
    suered Posts: 333 Forumite
    My googling isn't what it used to be - thanks, Landyandy.
    "When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes" - Erasmus
  • suered
    suered Posts: 333 Forumite
    Kez, I was just wondering because of the concrete - I didn't realise (obviously not paying enough attention) that CUC properties had a distinctive "look".

    I would press your thanks button - but it's not there :(
    "When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes" - Erasmus
  • Richard_Webster
    Richard_Webster Posts: 7,646 Forumite
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    and they are not normally mortgageable unless they have been repaired under an approved scheme...
    RICHARD WEBSTER

    As a retired conveyancing solicitor I believe the information given in the post to be useful assuming any properties concerned are in England/Wales but I accept no liability for it.
  • unclebuck_2
    unclebuck_2 Posts: 23 Forumite
    Cornish unit construction is a concrete pre-fabricated property, not mundic. They were made after the war to help with the home shortage. Unless it has had structual remedial work its going to be hard to get a mortgage on it. The main reason is over time the steel within the concrete gets weaker and needs repair. Most of this structual work was completed by local councils as they owned the property.
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