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Never Enough Sockets in Modern Houses.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7642785/Bizarre-five-bedroom-house-dozens-PLUG-SOCKETS-room-goes-sale-1-3million.html


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    Sparkingchip:

    I live in a road that has three and “four” bedroom semi detached houses built in the 1960’s.


    At that time the Council Rating Officer visited new homes to assess the Rateable Value of Homes to determine how much the home owners or tenants would have to pay in Rates to the council  each month.


    The number of bedrooms and the number of socket outlet were both assessed with the Rateable Value increasing with additional bedrooms and sockets.


    The three bed houses had one single socket in each bedroom. The “four bed” houses were sold as houses with three bedrooms and a box room, only the bedrooms had a socket which was a single, the box room did not have a socket although it is big enough to use as a single bedroom. 


    This kept the Rateable Value down leading to a saving on what had to be paid to the council for many years. Fifty years later some of the four bed houses still only have three single sockets upstairs.


    Andy Betteridge 




    Wow Andy, never heard of sockets affecting rateable value, years ago windows did, at least around our way. Water rates on some premises depended on number of taps. A nd wasmate of mine hrented a small factory unit. For years he had 2 fulltime and one part time employees and himself. One water tap for brews and handwash. He was going to add one tap at another location but it would have doubled his water rates so he didn`t. Not effing gonna use a drop more with same number of us he said.

    To be fair though I suppose more sockets, rooms, taps, windows or whatever might mean more usage or more people potentially but reminds me of floorspace served by a ring final or radial - I did quite a few LA grant aided works - rewires, one twin socket per room two twins in kitchen was grantable, they hoped folk would have extras at same time but very few actually did

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    Sparkingchip:

    I live in a road that has three and “four” bedroom semi detached houses built in the 1960’s.


    At that time the Council Rating Officer visited new homes to assess the Rateable Value of Homes to determine how much the home owners or tenants would have to pay in Rates to the council  each month.


    The number of bedrooms and the number of socket outlet were both assessed with the Rateable Value increasing with additional bedrooms and sockets.


    The three bed houses had one single socket in each bedroom. The “four bed” houses were sold as houses with three bedrooms and a box room, only the bedrooms had a socket which was a single, the box room did not have a socket although it is big enough to use as a single bedroom. 


    This kept the Rateable Value down leading to a saving on what had to be paid to the council for many years. Fifty years later some of the four bed houses still only have three single sockets upstairs.


    Andy Betteridge 




    Wow Andy, never heard of sockets affecting rateable value, years ago windows did, at least around our way. Water rates on some premises depended on number of taps. A nd wasmate of mine hrented a small factory unit. For years he had 2 fulltime and one part time employees and himself. One water tap for brews and handwash. He was going to add one tap at another location but it would have doubled his water rates so he didn`t. Not effing gonna use a drop more with same number of us he said.

    To be fair though I suppose more sockets, rooms, taps, windows or whatever might mean more usage or more people potentially but reminds me of floorspace served by a ring final or radial - I did quite a few LA grant aided works - rewires, one twin socket per room two twins in kitchen was grantable, they hoped folk would have extras at same time but very few actually did

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