Is this flat old or new(ish)?

[kirinm]

We can't work it out. The inside looks fairly old and at first I thought the outside could be Victorian but DP went and had a look at the outside yesterday and said it looks quite new and purpose built.

What do you think?

Vestry Road, London, SE5
www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-39931737.html

The epc is dated 2009 so it's at least that old.

It looks old to me.

I mean old old as in Victorian old? The windows don't seem Victorian but I've seen Victorian buildings like that.

The epc is dated 2009 so it's at least that old.

I'd guess it's post-war, but built to fit in with the Victorian style of the adjoining terraces. Perhaps it was built in a gap caused by bomb damage.

it is old. the floorboards look old. it was sold in 1999 see the market info 10 Dec 1999 £68,000

That's what I was thinking. Seems everything I see was bombed and built to look similar but with some glaring oversights!

Well the flush handle on the loo has seen better days!

but it does look like an add on to the rest of the terraces so could be a later addition ie later in 20th century maybe post war - have a look at one of those bomb maps . landregistry would tell you

bomb damage map bombsight.org/#15/51.5058/-0.0893

I don't think it's Victorian, but old in the sense that it isn't a 'modern' purpose built block - looks to me like a building that's been converted...the style and spacing of the windows makes it look more like an industrial than a residential one.

Bombs close to the street but not definitely on the street according to that bomb sight.

It looks 80s to me!

I think it might be old but not have been non-residential - it was later converted into housing which is why the window openings etc don't look quite right. I agree the floors, the fact that it has quite wide chimney breasts and so on point to an older building. What's that funny little space next to the bedroom for???

It doesn't look Victorian but this house on the same road here has been described as a Victorian gem. It's a house though rather than apartment. It could be that the apartments were added later and made to look Victorian or they're converted Victorian. As the estate agent.

Ask the estate agent... I mean.

It has a flat roof and the window shapes look postwar EJMA. It has large chimney breasts so I doubt it was built later than about 1960. There is no fancy brickwork. The bathroom suite is old fashioned and presumably original. Can't make out what the waste pipes are made of but I have seen similar from the late 1950's. The airbricks also look 1950s-60's to me.

If it is prewar it would have been very modern for its time, enough to feature in builders' and architects' books and magazines.

It is on a corner plot so it might have been redeveloped after a pub or corner shops were demolished.

The floorboards might or might not be original or stained. It may possibly have concrete subfloors, again 1950s-60s would fit that style where a concrete edge shows like a belt round the building.

The front loggia and the G-plan furniture suggest 1950s-60s

Flat roofs leak.

I'd have said early 80's but Mr PJ is the local expert

Just when you think London prices couldn't shock you any more though !
This is what your budget will get you in my neck of the woods if you like period style. Trillions of brand new stuff.
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Haha thanks PigletJohn. We lost enthusiasm for it (we didn't have loads to start with) when DP saw it last night. I'm desperate for a period property but am still going to see this as it's not far from me and I want to see what it looks like inside.

We did ask the EA but they had no idea.

take photos of the incoming gas and water pipes, and the electricity meter and cables around it, that will often tell, even when it has been modernised.

We are slightly demanding in that we want a garden (we have a cat and also I quite like the fresh air). We've cut our budget and are now reducing the number of bedrooms we are prepared to have just so we can stop bloody looking. House hunting is depressing.

I think it has potential to be a great place but it is really tired - as to price I don't think I will ever become inured to the London Market - I occasionally look at Greenwich which is DH home turf and sigh

Oddly you do adjust to the prices quite quickly when here. I only moved to London a couple of years ago and the rental market prepared me.

I still think the prices are mental and it's a disgrace that properties have become so expensive but £399k is starting to sound like a bargain (for that area).