Timber framed houses??? Anyone know about them?

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I'm looking for a bungalow and came across this one.
It looks to be inhabited by elderly people atm but I think it might scrub up rather well.
I won't need a mortgage so that's not an obstacle.

Sorry, forgot to post the link!

www.hopesauction.co.uk/estate-agents/properties-for-sale/27054_26944152/skinburness-road-silloth-cumbria/

they are the standard in many other countries

Cheers.
I wondered if anyone lives in one and could give their opinion maybe?

I live in a timber frame house, in fact every bit of it except the metal roof a few of the stumps, is made of wood. Most houses I've seen going up have timber frames.

What are the walls made from? It doesn't say. Worth checking that out.

Is the roof metal? I like that because you can hear the rain.

Sorry, I should have said, I live in Australia.

Whilst you don't need a mortgage, not all lenders will lend on non standard construction meaning you could have a bigger challenge when it comes to resale.

I live in a timber frame built to passive standards. That bungalow looks to me to be a post war prefab rather than a modern build. If so there may be asbestos used in construction. I would certainly need more information about when it was built etc.
As for modern timber frame homes they are fab. Easy to heat and solid.

THe reason we don't have timber frame houses is the same reason we have cavity walls and no one else does.
It's really wet and miserable here! Think how many houses have penetrating damp, imagine if the whole wall was timber. Most old houses have rot under the floor at least. The walls are generally masonry so survive the damp.
New builds are generally dry, so a new timber frame house is less of a risk.

Thanks folks, particularly Yewtown. I will be sure to check when/how it was built.

We have a timber frame. Was built in 1981. We love it. It's warm and well insulated. The house insurance is a bit more expensive but not that much.

Nearly all new builds are timber frame these days. Mortgages used to be a problem years ago but not today.