Questions re 1980's built house ?

littleblue735

I am looking at buying a 2 bed semi which was built in the early 1980's apparantly. It is tenanted so there is no owner available to ask questions of. It still has the original electric heaters and single glazed windows and doors, and doesn't look like anything has been updated since being built.

Two questions for anyone who has dealt with something similar.

Is it easy to install gas central heating ? The ajoining semi had gas central heating installed several years ago so I'm assuming it can be connected to their supply from the road.

Should I have a full building survey rather than a Homebuyer survey? It looks like the owner hasn't done much in the way of maintence etc.

Any help would be appreciated.....thanks

Guest101

Well i would definitely get quotes for the cost, but the work is fairly straight forward to get GCH put in, the cost can vary alot.

As for the survey, i'm not going to say 'dont get a full survey', but a 1980's build 'should' be fine. Unless you can see evidence of subsidence (cracks in the plaster/brickwork) Or Tiles on the roof slipping. You seem more concerned with the interior, so i'd get quotes before exchanging contracts.

sentence that got my attention ' no owner to ask questions of' - is there an estate agent? put the questiosn to them, its their job

I_have_spoken

Putting in a condensing combi boiler shouldn't be too difficult, as you don't need to find space for water tanks in the loft and a hot cylinder.

You can pull continuous plastic 10mm pipe for the radiators without too much hassle and run these from manifolds connected by 22mm to the boiler.