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Solid wall a reason not to buy?

purplestar133 · 2015-03-21 15:41:54

I am jumping the gun a bit here as our survey is not until next week, and I might get some answers then, but it's going round and round in my head! We're FTBers buying a mid terrace which the vendor says he *thinks* is about 100 years old. From what I can tell it seems to be in generally good condition (I just need to…

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29 March 2015 at 6:14PM

Davesnave wrote: »

All houses 100 years old will be of solid wall construction, but solid walls themselves vary in type and thickness.

Not so - my house was built 1897 (so approaching 20 years old). Its end terrace, and I was able to get the front and side cavity wall insulated. I'll soon be extending at the rear, and getting the remaining exposed walls insulated internally.

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