Went to see a house at the weekend that I may be interested in. Couple of things I noticed though and I was wondering if anyone had come across them before. The house was built by the owner of an adjoining retail unit and has a garage built as part of the house. This is being sold as part of the house but in reality, up until now, it was used as storage for the retail premises. The only access to the garage, other than the front gate, is a door through from the back of the retail unit. No real problem there, just close off the access.
However, the two gas meters for the house and the retail premises are in the shed and the gas pips for both go out through the walls of the garage into the house and separately, into the retail unit. Also, the electricity for the shed is connected through the retail unit – currently the house is occupied by tenants but the retail unit is unused and the electricity has been cut of there so the shed also has no power.
Has anyone ever come across this before…? I’m just wondering how big an issue this could be if/when the retail unit is sold. The gas would have to be repiped for the retail part but there’d be no incentive for the vendor or a new owner of the retail premises to do anything.
However, the two gas meters for the house and the retail premises are in the shed and the gas pips for both go out through the walls of the garage into the house and separately, into the retail unit. Also, the electricity for the shed is connected through the retail unit – currently the house is occupied by tenants but the retail unit is unused and the electricity has been cut of there so the shed also has no power.
Has anyone ever come across this before…? I’m just wondering how big an issue this could be if/when the retail unit is sold. The gas would have to be repiped for the retail part but there’d be no incentive for the vendor or a new owner of the retail premises to do anything.
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