Please help !!

Tashja

Please can anyone tell me what a schindler construction house is ??

We have seen a house we really like but are worried about what "schindler construction" is

Thanks

T xx

F_T_Buyer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Schindler

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Tashja

thank you

But I have a feeling this may be wrong - someone else has suggested it might be the materials it is made from and often they seem to be "cash only"

I will go and see the estate agent tomorrow

Thanks again

T xx

F_T_Buyer

It looks like it's a prefabricated house. The schindler chap is now dead, so it's not like he specifically designed it. More like he was the first to make use of prefab methods.

Usually prefabs were built after the war as short term housing. A lot of places are still around today. But they are unmortgagable because they were never designed to last 60 years. Basically, it could fall down...

jenniferpa

I think you're right - it's a construction method. The only thing I can find is that if it was built after 26th April 1984, it's considered defective under housing defects legislation and that it's a prefabricated reinforced concrete building.

These are a couple of quotes I aslo found

Schindler properties are a non-traditional construction using pre-reinforced concrete. In the early 1980s it was discovered that a long-term process known as "carbonisation" could over time reduce the structural life of certain types of pre-reinforced concrete homes.

It is generally acknowledged that the Schindler properties were designed to last for approximately 30 years, rather than the 50 years they have existed to date.

Doesn't sound great, does it?

BobProperty

Unfortunately there are at least 3 Schindlers which appear in relation to construction:
The Rudolph mentioned previously who worked with Frank Lloyd Wright.
The lift company.
And the reinforced concrete system mentioned here:
http://www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/downloads/Housing_Assessment.pdf
http://www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/downloads/Conclusions_and_Key_Issues.pdf

which looks like what the OP is talking about.
Just seen the other posts while I've been Googleing, jenniferpa looks spot on with what I've found.

Tashja

I will leave it then.

Thank you all.

Shame because it is such a nice house

Thanks again

T xx