Hey,
We found a house and put an offer in which was accepted. Our mortgage advisor then came round the other day and mentioned the construction - we weren't aware of it until we did some research yersterday (he only knows as he did one in the same area a little while ago), which as it turns out is Laing Easiform. It was built in the 50's which suggests it is of the type 2 or 3 (poured in situ rather than 'true' prefab), and is not of the inferior quality of the earlier types.
I say type 2 or 3 as some say type 2 is most common but was only used upto the very late 40s, with type 3 being using thereafter.
This url suggests Laing in general aren't deemed defective - http://www.buildingsurveys.co.uk/2011/laing-easi-form-housing/
So really I'm wanting to find out if I should proceed or if it's time to bail! Looking at recent house sales suggest theirs been no problems with people getting mortgages on them (unless they were all cash buyers!), and/or it's worth getting a structural survey done.
In an ideal world somebody would tell me that only the earlier types had the problems and type 2/3 are don't!!
Thanks
We found a house and put an offer in which was accepted. Our mortgage advisor then came round the other day and mentioned the construction - we weren't aware of it until we did some research yersterday (he only knows as he did one in the same area a little while ago), which as it turns out is Laing Easiform. It was built in the 50's which suggests it is of the type 2 or 3 (poured in situ rather than 'true' prefab), and is not of the inferior quality of the earlier types.
I say type 2 or 3 as some say type 2 is most common but was only used upto the very late 40s, with type 3 being using thereafter.
This url suggests Laing in general aren't deemed defective - http://www.buildingsurveys.co.uk/2011/laing-easi-form-housing/
So really I'm wanting to find out if I should proceed or if it's time to bail! Looking at recent house sales suggest theirs been no problems with people getting mortgages on them (unless they were all cash buyers!), and/or it's worth getting a structural survey done.
In an ideal world somebody would tell me that only the earlier types had the problems and type 2/3 are don't!!
Thanks