Timber framed 1980s houses: resale prospects

[Mary Fisher]

I suspect that if timber were being used even in Pudsey (which I call Bradford!) it would be treated against such things.

Mary

[Neil Jones]

And to think that until now I thouht you *liked* living in Yorkshire...

[Brett Jackson]

You never know though. Would you be 100% confident that all had been treated and ventilated proberly. It's a different thing when you can access the timber than when it's hidden away - or maybe it's just me who would worry too much about such a thing.

I hear rumour that the Tyersal end of Pudsey is ditching it's BD post codes for LS28 post codes sometime soon. Post code snobbery at it's best!

[Mary Fisher]

I do, even inner city Leeds is far better than, well, you know where!

It's not overcrowded, mostly, not overpriced, there's everything within easy distance, a good bus service (the roads are awful at busy times though and don't try driving through Headingley between say, 5 am and 2 am.) and you can get into the country in 20 minutes :-)

Mary

[Mary Fisher]

You can never been 100% sure about anything unless you do it yourself.

Maybe it is ...

Isn't it Royal Mail which decides post codes? I don't know for sure but I always thought it was.

Who do the Tyersal residents pay council tax to? That's the test.

Mary

[Dave Plowman (News)]

A friend with a pretty expensive timber framed detached bungalow had to have many thousands of pounds worth of repairs to the roofing timbers through lack of ventilation - as had others on the estate. Several had been sold, but no surveyor apparently picked up the problem on those.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Never mind. If you drove slower you might make it last an hour.

[The Natural Philosopher]

fairly, tes.

The structural timber comes pressure tretaed as standard, and the bits that affect damp are heavily scrutinised by the BCO.

tandrad practice is brick footings. DPM, brick plinth, maybe second DPM, then frame up in treated softwood on top of that. Skinned with marine type ply, airgap, then breathable membrane and eiother render or timber cladding.

Stids packed with rockwool and plasterboarded internally. Makes cable/pipe running easy, very warm, very dry.

It's a different thing when you can access

You will get damp patches on te walls long before the timber rots.

[Iain Gordon]

Oi! I live in Pudsey and it definitely aint Bradford !!!!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately, I have to work in Bradford.

[Iain Gordon]

I moved from Tyersal to Stanningley in Feb this year, one of the primary reasons being to get a change of post code. Although Tyersal is part of Pudsey, which is part of Leeds, it has a BD4 post code. Tyersal is located next to one of the worst sink estates in Bradford and we had a lot of problems caused by yobs from that estate. When I moved to an LS28 post code my house contents insurance dropped from over £23 per month to £10. Regards, Iain, enjoying life in Stanningley, Pudsey

[Iain Gordon]

They pay Council Tax to Leeds. Residents of Tyersal have been trying to get the post code changed ever since they were introduced. When I lived there I had a Bradford phone number, Bradford post code but paid council tax to Leeds. This can cause no end of problems when trying to access Council services. Regards, Iain, ex Tyersal resident

[Mary Fisher]

Yes, I discovered that tonight when I found the booklet while tidying the dining room. YEs, it hasn't been bottomed since April ...

Why on Earth should having other phone and post codes affect council services? Council employees understand these things - well, those who deal with services do. Have the residents tried changing their phone codes too?

Mary

[Mary Fisher]

Are you saying there are no sink estates in Leeds - in Stanningley?

We live in Chapeltown (Leeds, not Pudsey) and don't have problems. I wouldn't move to get a change of post code.

Mary

[Mary Fisher]

You moved to get a new postcode, move to get a different job.

If it's so important ...

Mary

[mogga]

I think they make some of the new student blocks in Manchester from paper mache.

[chris French]

In message , Mary Fisher writes

No it's not, council boundaries and postcode boundaries do not have to coincide.

There are also bits of Leeds Council area that have Wakefield postcodes for example.

[Brett Jackson]

There's nothing around Stanningly, Pudsey etc that quite compares to Thornbury!

[Mike Mitchell]

I believe there is a tremendous difference bwteen Scandinavian timber-framed houses and Barratt/Wimpy offerings. Personally, I would not touch one of the latter with the proverbial bargepole.

MM

[Mike Mitchell]

Er, did these happen to have been constructed from massive oak beams by any chance? I really don't expect many people in 2604 will be seeing ancient 1980s Barratt homes around.

MM

[Mike Mitchell]

Ah, I sense collaboration on the horizon! Because while I have little interest in timber-framed buildings, I would like to write a book on day about British council housing construction since WWII. You may very well be the person who can help me get started.

MM