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"filled"mine shaft 20meters from our new build

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  • TighterThanTwoCoatsOfPain
    TighterThanTwoCoatsOfPain Posts: 860 Forumite
    i live in Derbyshire and in my village nearly every house has a mine shaft show up on the surverys (dont they go out to about 200m or something??)

    Anyway, a couple of houses very close to my old one had capped shafts within 20mtrs of the prooperty boundary.. they must have had 2-3 sales fall through because of it before they found someone who didnt care...

    Due to their proximity i reckon my house from literally metres outside the area on which the surveys make an extra point of noting so i had no issues at all..

    Me, i wouldnt touch it.
  • Strapped
    Strapped Posts: 8,158 Forumite
    My sister used to live on top of a still-active mine (Cornwall - shut a few years ago). In the garden you could sometimes hear blasting :eek: We never dug too deep lol. I was quite glad when she moved...just in case, y'know. Personally, I'd probably walk away, but then it sounds as though the whole area is mined?
    They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. -- Plato
  • kj*daisy
    kj*daisy Posts: 490 Forumite
    I live in Yorkshire and there's mines all over tbh. It doesn't bother us, we wouldn't be able to live in this town if we weren't prepared to live near a mine!
    Grocery challenge July £250

    45 asd*/
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    barnaby-bear wrote: »
    And the kids have webbed feet :rotfl: That's just because we live the fens though :rotfl:

    "Normal for Norfolk"?
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    littlesos wrote: »
    I don't know where you are, but where I live there are mines all over the place.

    Blackheath in south-east London is like that. There have been quarries dug all over the place for centuries, and no-one knows where most of them are.

    The A2 road collapsed, on Blackheath Hill, a few years ago when a quarry opened up.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,272 Forumite
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    I just don't see it myself. Why buy a house with potential problems when there are so many on the market at the moment? Come to think of it, why buy a house at all at the moment?
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • gazpacho_uk
    gazpacho_uk Posts: 241 Forumite
    Bloor have offered another £5000 reduction. Insurance companies are happy to insure. we will have to think hard about this over the weekend. thanx all for your comments
  • barnaby-bear
    barnaby-bear Posts: 4,142 Forumite
    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    "Normal for Norfolk"?

    "Give me SIX!" a common greeting in these parts...
  • Captain_Mainwaring_2
    Captain_Mainwaring_2 Posts: 1,124 Forumite
    gazpacho_uk wrote: »
    Bloor have offered another £5000 reduction. Insurance companies are happy to insure. we will have to think hard about this over the weekend. thanx all for your comments

    I bet they have, and I bet there is a lot more to come.
  • geoffky
    geoffky Posts: 6,835 Forumite
    tell them you want 15k off or you are running away...the can only say yes or no...if i was buying yours second hand and if i found out about the mine im afraid i would run..
    It is nice to see the value of your house going up'' Why ?
    Unless you are planning to sell up and not live anywhere, I can;t see the advantage.
    If you are planning to upsize the new house will cost more.
    If you are planning to downsize your new house will cost more than it should
    If you are trying to buy your first house its almost impossible.
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