No, no-one happened to mention the fact to us, can you belive it. I assume they (the EA, the vendor and both solicitors) were aware of that fact.... The same happened to my partner's brother. They were only told when they were at signing stage. Usually that fact is mentioned when the houses are advertised or at least when they're shown, and the EA must know, because investors can't buy these type of houses.. This usually keeps the prices low, so that's probably why they didn't want to advertise this.... Buggers!!!