Buying a listed property

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suecoo66 wrote: »

The house featured in one of the Time Team shows filmed in the area a few years ago. They showed me a report they got from the researchers and specialists who dated the property. The wood was sampled to get the date too.

How does a wood sample tell you anything about the age of a house? All that it can do is tell you when a tree was growing. Timbers were typically reused multiple times in nautical and residential applications.

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Doozergirl wrote: »

After 523 years of being a wooden framed building, I'd argue that the damp-proofing, or apparent lack thereof, is likely to be excellent. No specialist survey is going to pick up the lack of a DPM as a problem

Yes, DPM's and fire-resistant materials weren't such an issue then.

But on a building of that age it will be the infill panels I'd be taking a close look at, as well as the probable extensions/additions made over the years. If there were no solid walls constructed with porous bricks then the buyer will be very lucky