Non-standard construction

LMCLMC

We are very naive FTB unfortunately, but are on a massive learning curve and we will be fully prepared next time round.

Smodlet

LMCLMC wrote: »

We are very naive FTB unfortunately, but are on a massive learning curve and we will be fully prepared next time round.

You were not really naive, imho. It can be incredibly difficult to tell NSC from "render" on a standard property (why do people do that?)

Such properties tend to be grouped together; if this is the case, the EA really should have known and, under current legislation, have declared it to be so. I suggest you go back to them and tell them as much.

There is now a facility on RightMove to correct listings. I don't know if this property is listed there but, if it is, I would be very inclined to correct it, were I you.

Best of luck to you, LMCLMC.

Cakeguts

Is it an ex council house?

Smodlet

Cakeguts wrote: »

Is it an ex council house?

What difference does that make, Cakeguts? You seem to me to have such antipathy for council houses, I sometimes think it might cloud your judgement. Would we could all afford to disdain them so; my mother did. When life happened and she was reduced to living in a council flat, she allowed it to affect her unnecessarily; she should have been incredibly grateful to be so housed.

Living in council properties (yep, plural) allowed OH and I to save the deposit required to buy our first home. I will always be grateful to that LA, for all their shortcomings.

LMCLMC

yes it is an ex-council house, i would always go for those as they are far more roomy and (usually) better built

Smodlet

LMCLMC wrote: »

yes it is an ex-council house, i would always go for those as they are far more roomy and (usually) better built

I'd take a 50s or 60s council property over a new build any day of the week for precisely this reason but not an NSC one.

m0bov

Post a link to a similar property from Street view.

LMCLMC

Smodlet wrote: »

You were not really naive, imho. It can be incredibly difficult to tell NSC from "render" on a standard property (why do people do that?)

The whole estate is brick on the outside so yes, very difficult to tell. we didn't have a single clue

Smodlet

LMCLMC wrote: »

The whole estate is brick on the outside so yes, very difficult to tell. we didn't have a single clue

Yes, many ex-council NSC properties were given brick "skins" to protect them purely because of the shortcomings of their construction. This is an expensive process so I imagine few individuals could afford it. You can usually tell the ones which were bought before it was done as they still look like what they are.

Are there no standard properties within your reach, LMCLMC?

LMCLMC

not to the standard (ironic) that this one is. everything is either very small or completely shabby and unworkable for us We are currently in cahoots with our broker and the estate agent trying to find a solution