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Thanks. I am going to do a full overview of the loft now as from what I have seen there seems to be a lot of new cables coming up from the down stairs (which is giving me hope) but also a lot of old cabling which I am praying is redundant and will confirm using an voltage meter. But thank you...

So we had a full house survey not the basic one as I wasn't paying for it. I have added some more pictures as I've been back up in the loft as quite concerned now More pictures I am very confused by what I can see as it would seem the grey "modern cable is actually going to each light fitting...

Thank you. None of this came up in our full house inspection before purchase so I hope it is redundant. Thank you for all of your advice.

The house has very old wiring so they may be live, I'll have to have them to see if they are going to our upstairs lights. If it is live, what are the issues?

So I have a loft with no lighting. However all of the upstairs light cabling is visible and I have a basic understanding of electrics so assume it is relatively easy to install a junction box off of an existing cable and install a switch to one maybe two bulbs at the apex. I however wanted to...