anyone here admit to buying one?

I'm considering it

even though I'm aware of The Problem......

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On 9 Sep, 23:32, Owain wrote:
On Sep 9, 9:36*pm, "Gill Smith" wrote:

anyone here admit to buying one?
I'm considering it
even though I'm aware of The Problem......

Which One Problem would that be?

Different concrete houses have different problems.

I considered one (how else could I afford a 4-bed semi at £60k), would
cost about another £20k to do the external cladding, but even after
cladding they have a reputation for being cold.

If you can get a detached cheap enough it might be a good prospect for
demolish and build new.

Owain

The above is right. They were only intended to last 20/30 years.
They all have problems.

On 09/09/2010 21:36, Gill Smith wrote:
anyone here admit to buying one?

I'm considering it

even though I'm aware of The Problem......

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My first house was a Woolaway, that's all I could afford, however I do
believe that they are now suffering from spalling problems in in the
concrete panels.
If I remember rightly it was approx 950sq ft (bungalow) and it cost me
£2,500, and £300 for the plot.( no missing noughts here) in 1966.
Cheers
Don

"Owain" wrote in message
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On Sep 9, 9:36 pm, "Gill Smith" wrote:
anyone here admit to buying one?
I'm considering it
even though I'm aware of The Problem......

Which One Problem would that be?

the one problem it all comes down to is re-selling

mortgage companies are v. leery

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Owain wrote:
On Sep 10, 9:56 am, "Gill Smith" wrote:
even though I'm aware of The Problem......
Which One Problem would that be?
the one problem it all comes down to is re-selling
mortgage companies are v. leery


Especially at the moment.

But depending on the system used, it may be possible to bring it up to
mortgageable standards using cladding, external brick skinning, etc.
Still a rather restricted pool of lenders would consider it though.

Owain


If the location is halfway decent get planning for demolish and rebuild
and sell at a sane profit.

"harry" wrote in message
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On 9 Sep, 23:32, Owain wrote:
On Sep 9, 9:36 pm, "Gill Smith" wrote:

anyone here admit to buying one?
I'm considering it
even though I'm aware of The Problem......

Which One Problem would that be?

Different concrete houses have different problems.

I considered one (how else could I afford a 4-bed semi at £60k), would
cost about another £20k to do the external cladding, but even after
cladding they have a reputation for being cold.

If you can get a detached cheap enough it might be a good prospect for
demolish and build new.

Owain

The above is right. They were only intended to last 20/30 years.
They all have problems.

If its a Smiths house there is an agreed method of repair.

basically you put acrows inside and remove all the walls.
then you add concrete to the floor slab
then you build brick and block cavity walls
take out the props and plaster, plumb, rewire, etc.

Its actually cheaper to just clear the site and start again if you can do
both halves as they were usually semies.

and what about breeze-block internal walls?

is that better/worse than concrete?

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