On Oct 9, 1:45 pm, "flash" wrote:
Hi,
I'm hoping that someone here can help?
I'm thinking of buying a house that I've been told is constructed with a
steel frame (I think they said it was a Hawksley type!). Various people have
tried to put me off, including my current mortgage lender, because they say
there are problems with the design.
I'd appreciate any other points of view on it.
I believe it was built sometime in the Seventies!

TIA

We had a problem where the people buying our house were trying to sell
a steel framed house. Their purchaser's mortgage lender (C&G) had just
been taken over by Lloyds who had parachuted in their own surveyors and
mortgage advisors who kicked up a fuss. Once they found a surveyor and
advisor with local knowledge and experience who understood the issues
and knew what they were talking about, the transaction went through
very quickly.

MBQ