How old is the house?!

need_an_answer

My guess is that it was "sympathetically restored" in 2003

davidmcn

If it was built in the last couple of decades then it should show up on the council's planning and/or building control sites.
You could also do things like check old maps (e.g. on http://www.old-maps.co.uk) to see when something appears on the site.

caprikid1

Have you looked up sold prices ?

LandyAndy

Looks pre WW1 to me too.

jolester

Annie35 wrote: »

Was it part of an estate & registered in 2003 to be sold off? Don't forget you sol won't see the house unless you show them a picture

I believe it was part of an estate. the paperwork shows just land rather than a house on the land, our solicitor wondered if the land owner built houses on each parcel of land being sold to make it more "valuable" but I couldn't believe someone would build a house like this in 2003 !

TamsinC

Agree with the others - looks turn of the century to me (1900s)

jolester

caprikid1 wrote: »

Have you looked up sold prices ?

Yes, it just shows our vendors transaction

noh

jolester wrote: »

Yes, it just shows our vendors transaction

Which was sold for £387500 on 13/06/2008 (not 2003)
according to Land Registry.
I suspect it wasn't registered prior to then.

I found the house in Staffordshire on an Estate Agents site.
Looks good for the money especially with the land included. As others have said probably originally built 100 years ago with refurbishments last done in the 1980s. Its EPC is 39 E which is another indication that it wasn't built recently.

jolester

noh wrote: »

Which was sold for £387500 on 13/06/2008 (not 2003)
according to Land Registry.
I suspect it wasn't registered prior to then.

I found the house in Staffordshire on an Estate Agents site.
Looks good for the money especially with the land included. As others have said probably originally built 100 years ago with refurbishments last done in the 1980s. Its EPC is 39 E which is another indication that it wasn't built recently.

As we're planning on doing a lot of renovation to it would you recommend any form of homebuyers report being done? The land is more important to us than the house to the point we may have considered flattening it and restarting (if planning and finances would allow eventually)

Clutterfree

I'd say late Victorian or Edwardian.

Have a look on old ordnance survey maps here:

http://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#

I've been trying to date our house. We think it's late Georgian/Early Victorian and it shows on the 1887 OS map but I've not found any earlier maps yet. Luckily I've managed to find it mentioned in an old local newspaper for 1846.

Let us know if you find anything.

Edit: we bought our house in 2016 and were the first to register it so the date of first registration means nothing.