Stud partitions on ground floor?

[Chef]

Hi,
We've been viewing houses lately and found one that we really like. I noticed that the house has stud partitions on the ground floor - it is a two-storey house. The estate agent has confirmed that the external walls are double-leaf concrete block. It seems like an unusual combination to me.

Is this a common configuration? I would have thought that it would have been block internal walls on ground floor

 

[kkelliher]

only need block walls where they are loadbearing. You can also have load bearing stud walls but less commonly used. no issue with studs on ground floor generally.