"bruce phipps" wrote in message
om...
Back in the 1980s World in Action ran a scare story about timber
framed homes (specifically Barratt homes if I remember correctly)
which caused resale values of these types of houses to plummet.

A daughter did her thesis on timber framed houses at this time and spent a
lot of time researching the 'problem' houses featured in the story. It was,
as these things always are, blown out of proportion by journalists and in
any case the problems were isolated cases.

Timber framed houses have every possible advantage as far as I'm concerned,
I'd love to live in one, better still to build one.

Is this still the case? Are buyers and mortgage lenders wary of such
houses?

I don't know about that. Why not ask them?

If I buy a 1980s Barratt timber framed home will I find it difficult
to sell in the future?

I doubt it, memories won't go back as far as that and individual surveys
would, I'd have thought, have more weight than reputation.

I am located in Yorks. Housing market is buoyant but I have a seen a
detached house for sale which is slightly cheaper than market value...
I know that these houses were timber framed ones built in the 1980s.

This is a diy group, if you have problems can't you see to them yourself?
Timber framed houses per se aren't a problem. Think of those C14th ones
which are still going strong ...

Mary

bruce