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Another thought - why would it matter?
As you say, the mortgage is irrelevant.
If it's about valuation - who cares what somebody else thinks that the property is worth.
If it's just as a decision making data point, you can always ask the surveyor to provide two valuations - one with and one without.
If it's about the safety of the property, the form itself is oireelevant, and you just need the surveyor's opinion.
[Edit] just realiesd that there is the consideration of if works might be compelled based on the form. But then it's not the form thats driving that, its the property.
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yeah, you're right to an extent. She's going to live in it, and I'd assume in 10 years time this would hopefully be sorted out so resale value wouldn't be affected. but it seems like something you should be able to find out from a surveyor, but no one I spoke with seems either to know what the forms are, or to be willing to delare that the building would need one.
It's not clad, it's brick built and 1960s so I can't see how it might be required but with the horror stories in this thread I'm still wary
fredtc
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.