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Help! The house I want to buy is timber framed

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Eglantine21 Sat 17-Nov-18 08:45:30

I didn’t know until the surveyors report came in. NowIm anxious about it.

At least not about the house itself. The report says it’s sound and has been built well. But about selling it at some point.

Is it going to be hard to sell? Would you buy a timber frame house? Have you and do you live in one? Would you expect to pay less than the market price for a timber frame rather than a bricks and mortar?

I just want to gauge what the market would be like on a resale. It’s a perfect property for someone retired who wants to be close to town.

Someone like me. What do you think?

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gmelon Tue 20-Nov-18 21:40:33

BBbevan
There is a builder commenting earlier on the thread about these houses. His mention of mice in the walls was what prompted my comment.
OP may have taken his comments on board and worry. Negatives tend to stick on one's mind if already having doubts.

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M0nica Tue 20-Nov-18 22:28:59

Any house can have mice, in the walls and elsewhere. We have had mice before now, although not in the modern timber frame house, nor did anyone else on the estate have mice that I remember.

These are just ordinary houses using a prefabricated building system, brick on the outside, plasterboard on the inside like any other new house.

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