What would put you off a house...?

YoungBlueEyes

^^^ That's a good reply. I didn't know about the copper shortage/plastic pipes/mains pressure issue.

Freddie_Allen

Borker can deal complete house in the good manner. If there is any problem with their house you have right to complain or left their house. A good broker can give you the best house with all the amenities in a good manner at an affordable cost.

Davesnave

YoungBlueEyes wrote: »

^^^ That's a good reply. I didn't know about the copper shortage/plastic pipes/mains pressure issue.

However, a far more common and universal issue with plumbing in copper was the tendency for bodging builders not to protect it from a chemical reaction when taking pipes through cement or concrete, leading to premature failure in walls and floors.

But in any event, how would one inspect all the pipework in a 1970s property? I own a 1970s bungalow which has a mix of plastic and copper pipework. The central heating is only 3 years old and much of the other plumbing is relatively new as well, some dating from 1988 and the rest to about 3 years ago.

It's the same with electrical systems; an old fuse box is a give-away that it's probably old, but the presence of a modernish consumer unit isn't a guarantee that all is well either, for a variety of reasons.

A little knowledge is fine, but like secondhand cars, a house will have a few inherent faults built in, and maybe several owners, some of whom may not have treated it well. If the present incumbent has had it for a while, he or she will be almost as good a guide to the state of the property/car as the object itself!

We bought our current property knowing it had been 'modified' over 10 years rather like a boy-racer's car.

Ironically, the electrics and plumbing had been done quite well, but we had to take most of those out anyway, due to Mr Boy Racer putting his walls in funny places. Mind you, like a bathroom or a kitchen with no windows, that was kinda obvious!

Davesnave

Freddie_Allen wrote: »

Borker can deal complete house in the good manner.

Yes indeed, Mr Allen from over the pond, our house was totally borked!

DaftyDuck

... divided by a common language...

Sea_Shell

For me, it would be things you can't change...or that would be very expensive to change.

North facing garden
No gas
No off street parking
Overlooked
Flood risk
Listed
And....completely going against current trends....open plan living (Kitchen, Dining, lounge) without having a separate snug/cosy (and cooking smell free) lounge area.

CHlHlRO

In no particular order:

Hideous fitted wardrobes
Shower only
REALLY horrible kitchen (I don’t mind a bit tired but you have to be able to live with it until you can afford to replace it!)
Separate WC if there’s no sink (what’s the point?)
Layouts where the only access to bathroom/garden is through a bedroom.
Layouts with no direct access from kitchen to dining area (this would be fine if you were buying a £2 million mansion and had staff but in a 3-bed semi...)
Vendor is leaving ALL furnishings or wants to take something that’s fitted and of non-standard dimensions. The cost and ballache of having to remove/replace such things is just not needed, imo.

robatwork

I know it's just decor but I wouldn't have got beyond the living room here

http://metro.co.uk/2013/11/16/garish-or-gorgeous-purple-lovers-dream-home-up-for-sale-in-middlesex-4189117/

moneyistooshorttomention

robatwork wrote: »

I know it's just decor but I wouldn't have got beyond the living room here

http://metro.co.uk/2013/11/16/garish-or-gorgeous-purple-lovers-dream-home-up-for-sale-in-middlesex-4189117/

Having been very familiar with that sort of house in that location way back - my concern would be "Now about those small kitchens those houses often have/that one has...." and checking out possibilities in it for extra kitchen space (eg "Is there a utility room in that extension/possibility of changing house layout?"). But the colour and that awful fireplace-y thing per se would count as "Least of my worries - and I'll just have to rip out the fireplace-y thing and all the carpets and do umpteen coats of paint on it = that's no big deal per se".

So the colour scheme per se is the least of my considerations when looking at a house - even though I do breathe a sigh of relief personally if the walls in a house are a soft white to start with and count myself fortunate at more similar tastes.

Bass_9

:rotfl: That decor brings a whole new meaning to 'purple bricks'...
Perhaps the owner is Tinky Winky?