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Electrical problems not picked up by Homebuyers Report
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Similarly, in the dining room was a socket simply floating on top of the floorboards, with its contacts exposed. Neither of these were mentioned in the report and both were visible and accessible without moving anything.
Why didn't you notice the floating socket? The problem with surveys is they can only comment on what they can see, the owners might have just moved furniture in front of it, or it could have happened later.
Surveyors are there to check the house, not gas or electric.All they do is look at the age of fittings and CU. If they see a old fusebox or sockets they will comment on it for example.We've since investigated, pulling up floorboards and have found many instances of loose contacts, lack of ring-main, junction boxes with 5+ wires joined, breakers labelled incorrectly on the consumer unit, etc. An electrician has recommended a full rewire.
If the house is using radials circuits as opposed to a ring mains it does suggest the wiring is old. Get some more component sparks in to quote.0
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