Right to buy on a prefab

Jonesyuk225

Ok, so we are planning to exercise our Right to Buy and can hopefully get a discount on our housing trust property of 65%. The only problem we have is that it is a "prefab", a house of non standard construction. Does anyone have any idea how i can find out what it is made of?

It was built in 1960 and we live in South Manchester, assuming they were all built the same does anyone else have experience of buying a prefab?

We will obviously get a building survey done to make sure everything is OK but thats months away yet so just wanted to see if we could gather some information from here?

Thanks all

carefullycautious

Post a pic and people will tell you what type it is

kingstreet

Contact the Council/HA and ask them for the construction name/method then post on here and you can find out if it's mortgageable.

Otherwise, track down your local Colleys surveyor. Call and say you're thinking of a Halifax mortgage and would they know the name/style and mortgageability;-

http://www.colleys.co.uk/contact-us/find-your-local-surveyor/

0345 602 2222.

Jonesyuk225

ok cheers , ill try and upload one somewhere now

Jonesyuk225

postimg.org/image/47uy7ob8b/

carefullycautious

Sorry cant open link

PasturesNew

That's not really a pre-fab, it's a non-standard construction. It'd be rare for anybody to be able to tell you what sort. Best bet is to identify the last 2-3 that sold and go bang on their door and ask.

Jonesyuk225

Ok thanks, next door is currently selling up so I will have a chat when i see him. He said non standard but no much more when i spoke to him, I assume he will have seen a surveyors report though.

stator

Not seen one like that before

Have the council done work to it? Looks like a new roof at least. Is the brick layer original?

Jonesyuk225

The bottom isnt actually brick, two layers of concrete, they then scrape the first layer off in that pattern so it looks like brick. I am hoping the required structural work has been done hence it not looking like a prefab, it sounds hollow if you knock on the outside, sort of metallic.

Jonesyuk225

FYI - I now believe the construction to be BISF - Steel Framed Non Standard Construction. I need to confirm it, but it is looking most likely.