My internal stop cocks don't stop all the taps in my flat.

[payamtag]

Hey team, so I think people have done some plumbing work in the ground floor maisonette I want to buy and noticed something weird.

The stopcock under the sink doesn't stop the water upstairs. And the stopcock under the bathtub upstairs doesn't stop the water in the small WC.

There is an external stopcock just in the small front garden (in front of the kitchen window) which does stop all the water.

Is this common? I find it weird that in case of an emergency, I need to go outside to stop the water supply but not sure if that is just something I am used to.

 

[snowhead]

There's probably another stop tap just inside from where the garden one is.
But it'll be covered by a kitchen unit or something else.

 

[payamtag]

Therefore do you believe this is something that is a major concern? Again, it's not too difficult to use the external stopcock if I ever need it (hopefully I never will). But just find it strange I can't find the internal one that stops the water

 

[Timmy D]

Therefore do you believe this is something that is a major concern? Again, it's not too difficult to use the external stopcock if I ever need it (hopefully I never will). But just find it strange I can't find the internal one that stops the water

Not a major concern that would stop me buying a property.

Of course, having an internal single point of control would be preferable. And they likely is one, you’ve just got to find it.