"filled"mine shaft 20meters from our new build

tanith

:eek: I would want to know what that mineshaft was connected to.. who knows what else lurks beneath the house... personally I'd look elsewhere...

Captain_Mainwaring_2

barnaby-bear wrote: »

And the kids have webbed feet :rotfl: That's just because we live the fens though :rotfl:

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gazpacho_uk

thanx everyone for your replies and comments ..... we are serioulsly going to have to look at this problem. We will speak with insurance companies tomorrow and with Bloor .....................:mad:

gazpacho_uk

after speaking with a "local" it seems that most of the town is built on or close by filled in mineshafts. In fact one estate is built above what was once the Uk' deepest shaft (Dukinfield, Lancashire). I have looked at house prices on that estate and they seem to be in line with other similar prices in the surrounding towns (in the current market climate)
So maybe this could just be a bargining tool for me to try and knock a little more off Bloors asking price !

gazpacho_uk

a little more info has trickled my way ..... the mine was closed in 1958 and for the last 30 years there was a factory on the site where the houses have been built .............. dunno if that makes any difference

Captain_Mainwaring_2

Possibly if there has been any chemical based manufacturing on the site.

What sort of mine was it?

wymondham

If you're cautious and asking these questions when you come to buy it, then so will the people who buy it off you in X years - do you really want the hassle of them coming back with surveys/reports etc and hitting you over the head with it in the form of a big price reduction?

This is a personal view, but I would not buy a property that has any likelyhood of being contentious to sell, especially as laws/standards change over the years and you could be stuck with it (classic example is the new road tax!!). Bloors would have bought the land as it was cheap - why was it not developed years ago?

"So maybe this could just be a bargining tool for me to try and knock a little more off Bloors asking price !" - this is what your future buyer will be thinking as well!!

gazpacho_uk

it was a coal mine. no brine was extracted from this mine ....... the coal authority search states there has been no ground movement and no known faults or other lines of weakness.
I have contacted two insurance companies and asked for a quote at the postcode without and without the mineshaft information. With Esure the price did not increase, but with Churchill it went up £60.00. I just wanted an idea of what the costs could be, so will be searching for the best quote should we still go ahead. I have an appointment with Bloor homes tomorrow to discuss this

Captain_Mainwaring_2

gazpacho_uk wrote: »

it was a coal mine. no brine was extracted from this mine ....... the coal authority search states there has been no ground movement and no known faults or other lines of weakness.
I have contacted two insurance companies and asked for a quote at the postcode without and without the mineshaft information. With Esure the price did not increase, but with Churchill it went up £60.00. I just wanted an idea of what the costs could be, so will be searching for the best quote should we still go ahead. I have an appointment with Bloor homes tomorrow to discuss this

Well, you've had your advice....Maybe everything will be rosy, but if you have problems in the future, with loss of equity or a big hole in the living room, remember what your were told.

I'm sure there was something in the bible about this.
In saying that I can see an active volcano from my front door, so who am I to comment?

littlesos

The nearer the shaft the better. They were not allowed to remove coal from within 15m of the shaft, also if it's been capped like the ones around here, it will have been filled with stone until 16ft from the top, then 16ft of concrete poured into it.

To be honest I would be much more concerned about land contamination from the factory. I would have no problem with the mine shaft.