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Home Report/Electricity
nancyo
Posts: 225 Forumite
Have put in an offer on a property and obtained a copy of the home report...
Electricity -
No serious defects noted however the wiring system is dated and may not
meet with current building standards. Current test certificate should be
exhibited.Electricity -
No serious defects noted however the wiring system is dated and may not
meet with current building standards. Current test certificate should be
Is this a bad sign???
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The standards change every two or three years, so this statement in on virtually all reports.0
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When was the house built?
FWIW, a year or so ago I sold my Mum's house, built in 1971 by Wimpey. The wiring was all grey-sheath PVC, but the consumer unit had the old block-style fuses with fuse wire instead of MCBs. Didn't have any trouble selling it, although I'm sure if a Home Report had been done it would have attracted the same caution from surveyor.
There's no reason to assume that because the wiring is 'dated' that it's in any way faulty or dangerous.0 -
Thanks folks, put my mind at ease
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Unless it is an issue which has been indicated to cause the surveyor to downvalue the property, it should be viewed as an advisory which will require attention in the not too far distant future.I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.0
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kingstreet wrote: »it should be viewed as an advisory which will require attention in the not too far distant future.
... should be viewed as an advisory which MAY require attention in the future (but equally, may not require attention).0
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