my mum is buying a flat in a 5 storey 1960s block. It'll be a cash purchace so no need for a mortgage. How can I find out if the block needs an EWS1 form? obviously it wouldn't prevent this purchace but it would affect value.
As TW said, if the mortgage will lend for it then that's what really matters.
Personally I'd avoid anything in a block of flats for the foreseeable future, even if it's under 18 meters and without cladding there's still a chance lenders will ask for an EWS1.
my mum is buying a flat in a 5 storey 1960s block. It'll be a cash purchace so no need for a mortgage. How can I find out if the block needs an EWS1 form? obviously it wouldn't prevent this purchace but it would affect value.