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Canal Street?
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Post a few pics of the exterior...
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You bought a house without being sure what era it was even from?
Ballsy.
https://www.oldmapsonline.org/en/Manchester ?
A 60s house could well have floorboards but they would look different to Victorian floorboards which are quite distinctive. One reason for this is that due to the Victorian building boom there was a pine shortage, so a lot of pine was shipped over from Canada. Working out what sort of pine you've got might therefore shed some light.
I also suspect some 60s houses were built with fireplaces. You'd be better off looking for distinctively Victorian building methods but it might just be easier to look at old maps and see when your place first existed.
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On the paper work from the sale it’s stated that it’s a 60’s house, but that doesn’t quite feel right, there’s evidence of fire places in the living room as well as one in the dining room, and main bedroom, and it’s also got floorboards throughout which I would assume a more modern house wouldn’t have downstairs? How do I go about verifying a build era/date?
It's probably an 1860s house. :)
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This should be on the land registry documents I believe which you would have got from your solicitor.
My house was built in 1959 and has fireplaces for reference.
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First question is interesting, it's worth asking the council. My local council has a specific page on the website for reporting a Street Name Plate Problem. If the sign is actually fixed to the wall of your house then it might not be the council's responsibility - but it probably is.
On the second point, you might be able to work it out from the title register or pre-registration documents that your solicitor should have sent you. But depending on the age it might not be possible to know for sure.
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Couple of Questions:
Just bought my first home, an old red brick terrace in Manchester, I noticed that it has the road name on it but it’s missing some bits of the lettering is this something that I can get the council to spruce up? (Very unlikely I guess) if not I might just try and do it myself.
On the paper work from the sale it’s stated that it’s a 60’s house, but that doesn’t quite feel right, there’s evidence of fire places in the living room as well as one in the dining room, and main bedroom, and it’s also got floorboards throughout which I would assume a more modern house wouldn’t have downstairs? How do I go about verifying a build era/date?