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2nd floor wood cracking

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  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    Rocksolid wrote: »
    Well, also the ground floor was not that stable to be honest, but I'm not afraid to fall down from the ground floor :D
    Do you really think people in the UK keep on falling through floors? Is this something you've witnessed, or heard any natives discussing?
  • LadyDee
    LadyDee Posts: 4,293 Forumite
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    Some of our homes are centuries old, and gosh they have wooden floors which have withstood generations of feet tramping over them. Wood is flexible, it's meant to be flexible, it's natural. If you find an odd floorboard that creaks, try inserting cork strips between the boards, this will enable them to flex without creaking.

    If you want solid floors buy a modern flat or house with concrete floors.
  • Rocksolid
    Rocksolid Posts: 317 Forumite
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    davidmcn wrote: »
    Do you really think people in the UK keep on falling through floors? Is this something you've witnessed, or heard any natives discussing?


    No, never, but I can't trust the quality of something like this... This was 240k 2 bedrooms... Should I spend 240k for such quality? Otherwise the rest was great, also wide garden and garage (maybe some improvement here was needed, like security)


    Otherwise I found a 250k 2 bedroom coach house, brand new, but I don't like someone parking under my house, the only pro is that it's new and is detached.
    Also here quite confident that those wood bars will move a lot very soon.
  • benbay001
    benbay001 Posts: 408 Forumite
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    I pity the estate agents who have wasted their time on you.
    You will never buy. I just know it.
    As for concrete vs wooden floors... Concrete is brittle. Once it goes, it really does go. If a wooden floor had somehow rotted, you would get plenty of warning before it collapsed.
    Im A Budding Neil Woodford.
  • LadyDee
    LadyDee Posts: 4,293 Forumite
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    Rocksolid wrote: »
    No, never, but I can't trust the quality of something like this... This was 240k 2 bedrooms... Should I spend 240k for such quality? Otherwise the rest was great, also wide garden and garage (maybe some improvement here was needed, like security)


    Otherwise I found a 250k 2 bedroom coach house, brand new, but I don't like someone parking under my house, the only pro is that it's new and is detached.
    Also here quite confident that those wood bars will move a lot very soon.

    Oh good grief! I'm beginning to think this is a complete wind-up.
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    LadyDee wrote: »
    Oh good grief! I'm beginning to think this is a complete wind-up.
    If the other thread is anything to go by, I think you'll find it's still incomplete. :)
  • Rocksolid
    Rocksolid Posts: 317 Forumite
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    Davesnave wrote: »
    If the other thread is anything to go by, I think you'll find it's still incomplete. :)


    What do you mean?


    Anyway thanks to all, I've got the answers :)
  • MysteryMe
    MysteryMe Posts: 3,052 Forumite
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    LadyDee wrote: »
    Oh good grief! I'm beginning to think this is a complete wind-up.

    The OP is as Italian as a McCain's frozen pizza.
  • Skiddaw1
    Skiddaw1 Posts: 2,019 Forumite
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    What a bizarre thread.....:)
  • csgohan4
    csgohan4 Posts: 10,587 Forumite
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    guess the floors weren't as RockSolid as the OP wants
    "It is prudent when shopping for something important, not to limit yourself to Pound land/Estate Agents"

    G_M/ Bowlhead99 RIP
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