Help! FT Buyer advice

[ToryLG]

Hi any advice would be amazing!
We are looking to buy our first home. We keep coming across orlit homes in our area. The solicitor has mentioned it would be hard to sell on if we purchase one but can anyone tell me why. I’m looking for a home to live in indefinitely and not thinking about selling. There are so many in our area and they seem lovely inside from viewing. What would it mean for us if we did purchase one. Is it going to fall apart?
Thanks

It is down to the pre-fab construction.
Thermal insulation was usually very poor but the main issue was the rusting of the structural steelwork resulting in the failure of the concrete (concrete cancer was the commonly used term back then).

I looked at buying one when I was a FTB.
They were affordable and was possible to get a mortgage on them then (are you able to get a mortgage or are you a cash buyer?) but in the end I decided to go with a house of traditional construction.

Many of these houses near where I used to live were rebuilt in the 80's, all council or ex-council.

If it's a house built of non traditional construction, it may be difficult or impossible to get a mortgage on it.

Our friends have bought a couple of houses of non traditional construction but they buy them at auction and don't need a mortgage.

Anything not standard worries people and makes them harder to sell.

They are concrete houses and are often very poor construction. They have defective joints and many have been demolished. It’s a money pit. I’d avoid at all costs. You might find you cannot get a mortgage and you will be buying something that’s described as “defective”. I’d look at nonstandardhouse.com and have a good read. I would not do this as you are buying a load of problems!

Thankyou, I’ll have a look now.

The reason you keep coming across them is that no-one will/can buy them. Steer clear.

Thankyou, the house I was looking at was deemed non-defective but it has been on the market for a while. It’s lovely inside too. We are using a mortgage but as I’m still looking around I haven’t put it to the lender yet. Shame! Thanks again.