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Quincy
I need some advice please...
Viewed a maisonette in in Romford last weekend and my GF went for a second viewing today (I'm out of London). Two things have stuck out to us initially and will impact our offer.
1. The lounge, two bedrooms and kitchen all have plumbing where the walls meet the ceiling. Can anyone give any indication of if/how these pipes can be moved into the ceiling cavity and any idea of cost? (I appreciate that this is very much the sort of thing that would need to be seen ideal)
2. The lounge, two bedrooms and kitchen each have trunking (similar to the picture) which houses the cable from the light fitting in the centre of each room. In the future we would also like to move these into the ceiling/wall so they cannot be seen. Any idea of cost of this work too?
Thanks in advance.

Joe

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Howard in reply to @Quincy

Are the walls brick and ceiling concrete? If so it’s spendy to get that stuff hidden because there might not be a cavity -it requires digging out the walls then replastering.

And nobody wants to do it for you because it’s horrible work.

You can get nicer looking conduits for electrical socket additions. And you could box in the plumbing.

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Quincy in reply to @Howard

Yes that's what I figured. The walls are solid. Is there no way of running the pipes in the gap between our ceiling and upstairs' floor? What do you reckon boxing in the plumbing might cost? £100/room plus materials?

Is there any way of hiding the electrical cabling in the ceiling cavity? The trunking doesn't run down the walls.

Thanks for the advice!

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