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It's true, but I think they are quite unique.
On the subject of chimneys, our builders found the main chimney breasts had been taken out and that the stack was being supported by a shelf and two strong-looking shelf brackets.
Then they took the ceiling out of the extension and found the chimneys there had been held up by rotten wood and rust nails nailed into brick - which they pulled out by hand once they'd removed the chimneys.
I don't think they're worth the risk. If there's any kind of chance of tonnes of brickwork crashing down on your bed/kitchen then I'd recommend removing it.
tbc
I found Prime Location and Right Move better than Zoopla, they all had pretty good searching tools like maps etc.
But we found our place in the end by finding human estate agents and talking to them.