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Finding out how old my house is
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Piggles12345 wrote: »I will have a look at old-maps.co.uk right now!
Hmmmm! Well the neighbour on the one side is a convicted !!!!!phile (not that I personally believe this is adequate reason to not speak to someone, but my mum doesn't want anything to do with him) and the one on the other side is a heroin dealer who has broken into her shed on numerous occassions. So she's not really being 'silly'.
Apart from that there are very few people in the road who would have a clue as to the age of the property. It is probable that many of them wouldn't even be able to tell you the age of their eldest child (or their name)- it is a very rough area and the combined IQ of the entire street is probably about 15.
Have a word with the very few then...;)0 -
If she owns the house it will be on the deeds.0
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If she owns the house it will be on the deeds.
Yes, she does own the house. I doubt she has clue where the deeds are though! Silly mother :rotfl:'I can't deny the British influence on my accent and mannerisms, but I don't know the British national anthem, I didn't weep for Princess Diana and I always cheer when Britain loses at sport. That's how British I am' Constantine-Simms. :T
On God: 'The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike' D. B. McKown :T0 -
Sorry to be nosy, but why do you need the exact date? If you think its 90 or 100 years old, then cant you just say c. 1910?
Its a pity she didnt move out some time back by the sound of it.0 -
It's not nosey at all!
My mum is a keen (very)amateur historian and is interested in the history of her area as her mother grew up just down the road!
It is a shame that she didn't move a while ago!
I keep telling her to just sell up and move but she insists that she can't afford it- she so can! She has lived there for about 25 years and I think the idea of her moving and living somewhere else is slightly daunting!'I can't deny the British influence on my accent and mannerisms, but I don't know the British national anthem, I didn't weep for Princess Diana and I always cheer when Britain loses at sport. That's how British I am' Constantine-Simms. :T
On God: 'The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike' D. B. McKown :T0 -
Get you mum to go down to the library and borrow the local history books, this should give a really good time frame for the areas of the town.
Also ask the library staff if there are any local historian groups.
Otherwise half a year sorting out the loft should unearth the deeds!0 -
I think you can access the 1911 census now?
If you get a free trial to Ancestry.com you can search the latest census details that they have and follow them back. See if the house existed in 1911 and before.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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If she is interested in genealogy she can get a lot of help on sites like Genes Reunited or Family Tree Forum.
If its just the house history - then try the local records office.
If you pm me her address Ill try to see when it was standing on the census info. Has she any idea of previous occupants over the years?0 -
Have you looked at the title deeds online at the Land Registry? It's quite possible that there will be covenants/restrictions in the deeds dating back to the time when the property was first built and sold. It'll only cost you £3.0
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Find the local surveyors, and ask them if they've surveyed any houses close by.
If they have, they'll typically have put the construction date on any survey that they've done and they may share with you.0
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