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Buying non standard construction house

Iwanttotravel · 2014-05-21 20:21:47

I am considering buying a Parkinson Frame House. The seller has applied for a retrospective PCR. The estate agent assures me that getting a mortgage on the house would not be a problem. I intend to pay cash but would like the reassurance of knowing that when I sell the house it would be mortgageable. Can I trust the Estate…

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ed110220 Posts: 1,609 Forumite

16 June 2014 at 2:39PM

Iwanttotravel wrote: »

When I asked the vendor if the house had a PRC she replied that she had applied for one. I have since found out that she misunderstood and thought I was referring to energy performance rating.
The house is on the market for 89000 and she is adamant that this is what it is worth despite brick built houses in the area selling at a similar price.
The attraction of this property is that the garden is larger than other houses in the vicinity.

Sounds as though she doesn't know what a PRC house is, it stands for precast reinforced concrete. So a house *is* of PRC construction, it doesn't *get* a PRC. It can though have a certificate to say it has been repaired in an approved way.

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