If a previous certificate exists, consumer unit upgrades on a post-war semi usually starts by checking whether it still reflects reality. Good loft access, generous under-floor voids and a straightforward driveway make the physical work easy; the variable is always the CU generation. Conditions locally play a part — exposure, damp and the way older semi-rural cottages around Cimla were built all affect what we find. It is the difference between a fixed price and an estimate.
Owners often ask whether this can wait. Sometimes it can, and where access constraints priced into the diary is the only finding we will say so plainly. Nothing about it is unusual for property of that age. Consumer unit upgrades on a post-war semi is one of the more commonly misquoted jobs, largely because nobody tests before pricing it.
