Recent content by patryk44

I have just put on offer, so if it is accepted I will definitely do PIR as soon as possible. Many thanks to you all for your help!!

That's probably still ok as we think about selling it after 5 years, as this will be our first house. I was more concern if the house needs to be re-wired in order to be safe to live in it. Exactly the same. That's is my concern when I mentioned about opening the can of warms, hence I...

Talking about conduit, I think there is big chance there is one as it look light loft light has one on the attached picture.

I think you are right. I just googled it and looks like only up to 25% is allowed to be re-plastered. So I'm a bit confused, is it still possible to patch up the chases only and still have a nice finish on walls even if there is a wallpaper on the walls? (It may be a stupid question, but I have...

The 4K was to re-plaster the whole hose. I'm not an expert at all but I read a few different posts on the internet and people were saying that they had to re-plaster all house after they re-wired as the plaster in old house was cracked and there was a wall paper on the walls,. If this is not the...

I agree, this would be the best option if the vendor agrees to drop the price, however I'm, a bit worried that this may "open a can of warms". My understanding is that if I want to re-wire the house it will have to be re-plastered as well, and that will be an additional cost to re-wiring. I'm...

Many thanks guys. Great forum!! I went again to the house this morning and I took a closer picture of the fuse box and another picture of wiring for loft light where I could see the cables. If our offer is accepted we will definitely go for PIR. I have attached the pictures below.

Thanks guys. That's a bit of good news. I will take another picture tomorrow.

Hi, We are about to put an offer on our first house. As the house is 1930s, I had a look at the fuse box to see if the house was rewired in the past. I'm not an expert, but it looks quite old to me. I read some posts on that forum, and someone mentioned that if there is no earth that means is...