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I'd never live in a house without an RCD, so that needs fixing ASAP and indicates the fuse box is a bit on the elderly side. Definitely budget for it even if you can't get the price reduced.
Are they battery smoke alarms or an interconnected system?
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My house has got two CUs. One with an RCD and one without (fuse wire FTW). Would you be able to live in that?
(I'll get the old CU changed one day but I want to get the probably asbestos panels in the ceiling of the garage where it is replaced first and that requires emptying the garage which means finding homes for all the things in the garage which at least in part means sorting out the shed which means deciding if we want a shed or a garden room etc... - meanwhile the new CU with the RCD protects the more risky areas (kitchen) so I'll live with it).
Answering @bobble, you aren't buying a new build with everything up to current spec and guaranteed. Old wiring in old houses is to be expected.
jellybaby
6/7 week wait for a survey on the flat I'm hopefully buying ends next week. Excited and nervous.
Had an electrician go round today to check the electrics and do a mini survey (friend of a friend).
All looked fine he said but no RCD protected fuse box and the smoke alarms are all shot. Is that something you'd seek to get a quote for and knock off the price? Whether anything gets raised price wise will be a function of the main survey