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(drifter) wrote in message . com...
(N. Thornton) wrote in message . com...
mat. wrote in message . ..

in case i sell the flat in the future, will this lead pipe make it
difficult for a buyer to get a mortgage on the flat?

I dont see how lead piping would affect the odds of you making
mortgage payments, nor their ability to sell the house should it prove
necessary.

err...umm.. if I may demure...

When it comes to letting through a house sale, solicitors & bldg socs
are getting ever more pernickety about what is stated in house survey
reports & are asking ever more searching questions of sellers.
Partly this due to law changes & partly due to court decisions.

A friend had it noted that his roof didn't meet the current bldg regs
by the buyer's BS surveyor, even though it complied fully when it was
built 20 years ago. Guess what? It had to be modified before the
transaction went through.

It didnt, half the housing stock in Britain doesnt meet building regs
or come anywhere near them. If he chose to play the game of doing
pointless work in order to get the sale that was his choice, but not
one many sellers would take seriously.

Regards, NT