In article , Mike Mitchell
wrote:
If I inspect houses/bungalows built in the last 20-odd years, how
might I ensure that the external walls are brick/block construction,
and not an outer skin of brick and inner "layer" of timber?

Unless it's a hip roof detached house look in the loft

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