Is this an ex council house? Pic attached

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The listing says it’s an Edwardian home…but were most council homes built later?

It's a (ex) council house.

If you're worried about buying one, I will say that having tried to sell one I definitely think they have a ceiling price. However, good in lots of other ways.

Ah I’d say that was tongue in cheek, I found it interesting!

Yeah, you’re probably right.

That is about as Edwardian as I am a paperclip.

That looks 1940s to me

Looks 1930/40s ex housing association or council, yes. I live in similar. I love it. Big rooms, huge loft, big garden, solidly built.

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What @VintageDiamonds said. I grew up in an elegant Edwardian house and did not love the aesthetic of my 1930s former council house when I bought it. But now I love it, and don't really care about the resale value because I don't want to leave. It's such a well-built, sturdy solid house, with thick walls and big windows and just enough garden.

I would say 1910s too

I agree with @ForfarFourEastFifeFive. The window/lintel is the obvious feature, but also the Edwardians favoured the pebble dashed first floor in all class of build. This one is quite likely Edwardian, but also social housing. So I believe the estate agent is correct but so are you. I'm not sure this type of house is normally described as Edwardian though, even if it is :)

I'm with a PP on this - Edward 8th!
January - December 1936...

It's a similar style to our rental property which we bought because of the huge front and back gardens and garage. The rooms are spacious as well. But it's 1950s!

Idc say so, look like it was put up after the war, good size houses

It should be solidly built though op and probably with decent sized rooms. Prob a decent sized garden also

It looks exactly like the Police houses I used to live in with my ex , all three of them as we moved around . And they were all in Kent ! They all belonged to Kent County Council .

I don’t think the Edwardians had many council properties (though some philanthropic companies like Peabody etc) so don’t think it’s an Edwardian council house! Council properties didn’t really get going until after both WWs. I presume from mid 20s onwards. It’s not Edwardian (my house is Edwardian and is much older and with more character!)

it looks like a post ww2 ex council to my admittedly untrained eye.

It’s like ours. 1925. They were “homes for heroes”

https://fet.uwe.ac.uk/conweb/house_ages/council_housing/section3.htm#:~:text=The%20close%20of%20the%20war,soldiers%20returning%20from%20the%20war.

Early post war period council house building. I lived near a big post war estate and these were all put up straight after the prefabs, to be followed by the ones with a shared loft space, dodgy cladding and rabbit warren street organisation.

Better than the later ones by a long way, but it's no more Edwardian than my Cheese Plant.

I live in one of these houses, it's identical (in Essex though). They are, as ForfarFourEastFifeFive says, homes for heroes, part of the Addison Act 1919.

One of my local roads is named after Addison.

I researched my house before moving in 20 years ago. After application to the council from builders in 1919, the house was built in 1920. They are in fact Georgian houses and if you manage to find one of these houses in original condition, you'll see those flat fronted Georgian windows. There are a couple of totally original homes locally to me and they are really very pretty. They are sturdy, have solid walls and floor boards, fireplaces in most rooms and are quite spacious.

Apparently they never ended up being lived in by any war veterans. Well, not the ones on my road. I love my house! I doubt these will ever fetch the same kind of money as Victorian houses, but they are underrated and can be every bit as characterful 🙂

It would be interesting to know, I'd say Edward VIII as well.... not to say of course there were no worker style houses prior to then in Edwardian times. It just doesn't fit the Christmas card image, however, many of us will be living in 100 year old ex council properties very soon (or now). They should probably start to be celebrated. I'm pretty sure mine is a 1920s council house. Hipped roofs are another earlier indication.

Edwardian? Presumably Edward 8 not 7, which is mainly understood as being Edwardian. Ask which year it's registered as estate agent seems to be free with their facts.

Defo 1930s. Solidly built with good sized rooms. Probably ex council but none the worse for that. I'd snap it up.

Looks like ex-council to me. They tend to be much better built than new-builds, and with much better gardens.

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I read your post above and it made sense.

I also don't see why it can't be Edwardian and social housing?! (But as someone who knows can you explain that?)

Definitely not Edwardian! Looks 1950s. Ours is 50s, very solid and problem free house

It’s 30s or 50s. Does it have an original upstairs bathroom? Council houses of the 30s had those as part of a design standard.