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Age/safety of consumer unit
Sirrah67
Posts: 72 Forumite
My son's buying a house and the survey, obviously, has questioned the electrics.
How old do you think this consumer units is, and is it worth getting it checked out before committing to purchase?
Where are the images?
Try this!
http://imgur.com/a/sCIZ6PD
How old do you think this consumer units is, and is it worth getting it checked out before committing to purchase?
Where are the images?
Try this!
http://imgur.com/a/sCIZ6PD
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My son's is buying a house and the survey, obviously, has questioned the electrics.
How old do you think this consumer units is, and is it worth getting it checked out before committing to purchase?
Where are the images?
https://imgur.com/FrVNUPX
https://imgur.com/IEhsOjW0 -
The consumer unit appears to be a circuit breaker type which is quite modern. Though this would give no indication on the condition of the installation. If they have no record of any work being carried out, I would start knocking the price down accordingly.
I bought a house back in 1999 that I knew needed to be rewired and knocked the price down to account for that.0 -
You can say with certainty that it's older than about 2016, as that's roughly the date of introduction of the requirement that consumer units had to be made of metal.0
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On what basis? There is no indication that unauthorised work has been done, nor that the installation is in any way unsafe.Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »The consumer unit appears to be a circuit breaker type which is quite modern. Though this would give no indication on the condition of the installation. If they have no record of any work being carried out, I would start knocking the price down accordingly.
The consumer unit has modern circuit breakers. If it was an old fuse box with fuse wire - yes, I'd be worried!
Sure, the consumer unit gives no indication as to whether the rest of the wiring is old, new, safe, dangerous or whatever - if you are concerned, OP, then get an electrician to check and write a report for you.
But based on that photo alone you have no valid grounds to request a reduction in price.0 -
Thank you. The survey has valued it at the price agreed, so that's probably a no-go. The house is generally in good condition considering the age, all the usual caveats of damp etc(although nothing visible) but it's a good price for the size and area. I'll tell him to ask about work done.0
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quantumlobster wrote: »You can say with certainty that it's older than about 2016, as that's roughly the date of introduction of the requirement that consumer units had to be made of metal.
My home was rewired about 10 years ago, if the consumer unit in the picture is a similar age I won't worry!0 -
Split load - one half on RCD, one not. Fairly modern - 00s?
Won't take much to build a little cupboard around it and tidy that whole corner up.0 -
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Where is it situated? As ugly as you know what if thats in a kitchen or similar?0
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I'd guess at just inside the front door.AnotherJoe wrote: »Where is it situated? As ugly as you know what if thats in a kitchen or similar?0
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