@tom It was a council house tho so they got to call the Council and go "hey uh, our wiring definitely needs looking at, send some people down please."
and they eventually did.
and the electricians looked at the ALL RED WIRING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE and went "...uh... yeah so... do you have a place to stay in the meantime cause this is gonna take a while" c_c;
ENTIRE house needed rewiring to standard.