Just viewed a house, advice needed...

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I've just viewed a house -

The upstairs is ok, minimum work needed doing.

The downstairs has an extended kitchen which is a problem. When you walk into it from the original kitchen and you're talking/listening you can hear a noticeable difference. I know the ceiling is lower and has I think plastic ceiling tiles. I mentioned to the owner about the "sound" in the kitchen and she said it was because of the wooded floorboards plus the lowered ceiling. Also there are 2 large windows with no openings, just plate glass, these need to be double glazed like the rest of the house.
I was wondering does anyone know how to integrate the extended part of the kitchen so it feels like it belongs to the rest of the house?

Another point, I noticed than a couple of radiators were hot. I asked the owner about these and she said this happened when the hot water was turned on. I don't want to have to be turning off and on radiators, so I was wondering what the fault could be. How much would a replacement boiler be as this one is ancient.

The house was originally on for £105,000 but was dropped to £90,000 as the owner said all the previous viewers mentioned the kitchen.

I was wondering what I should offer, seeing as I will have to pay for double of 2 windows and the kitchen door, and possibly a new modern boiler

I have posted pics of the kitchen and boiler.

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/1748/kitchen1.jpg

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/1697/kitchen2r.jpg

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/5333/chboiler.jpg

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/226/chtimer.jpg

charliee_3

welll boiler could be anywhere between 2k to 4k depending if you need a wholoe new system i guess.. i wonder what is above the suspended ceiling? maybe getting rid of that would help the noise thing? you might not notice it once you are living there...
do you like fish? if not that fishtank will have to come out or you will have a very large tank of putrid water and rotten fish very quickly...

windows.. complete stab in the dark but i reckon £500....

charliee_3

you may hve more luck on the 'in my home' diy board.. they know about such things on there....

Ditto

Its a flat roof extension which was put in before the current owners bought the house in 2001. They think the reason why the extended ceiling is lower than original ceiling is because of building regs, but that was just a guess

There is definitely a difference in sound, a bit weird...

googler

I think the 'sound' of the kitchen is the minor issue here - with windows that don't open, I'd be more concerned about whether or not the extension meets building and fire regulations. and how safe it would be; can I get out of the windows in the event of fire?

The rest of the house looks reasonable. Is £90k a reasonable price for it in its current condition?

and Yes, unless you want a weekly job cleaning the fish tank, it might be good strategy to make it a condition of purchase that the current owner removes the fish (humanely) and drains the tank before you take possession