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  • ukmike
    ukmike Posts: 752 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    Try old electoral rolls in local library.
  • Ok thanks all.....

    Will it make any difference to us if the valuation has got it wrong?? Does it alter anything major - if not, I wont do any digging, if it will make a difference to us Ill mention it to the solicitor!
  • Ok thanks all.....

    Will it make any difference to us if the valuation has got it wrong?? Does it alter anything major - if not, I wont do any digging, if it will make a difference to us Ill mention it to the solicitor!

    In a word, NO!

    The date of the property is not generally relevant for valuation etc. Sometimes surveyors in Home Buyers Reports or Structural Surveys say things like "if it was built before 19xx they would have used such and such in building it but that wasn't used after that..." or the other way round: "If built after 19xx they would have included such and such..." These are details though and mostly aren't that important.
    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.
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