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Flood risk
I'm currently renting, but hoping to buy some time in the next couple of years. At the moment I'm just keeping an eye on the market in the town where I live and watching what happens to the prices of the sort of house I might want to buy one day.
My town had quite a lot of flooding last year, and of course I don't want to buy a house that will get flooded if something similar happens. I realise such things would come up in a survey, but is there anywhere I can get flood risk (or flood history) information for a property or street while I'm still at the browsing stage?
Thanks,
Lydia
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
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There are an awful lot of properties that will come up on the environment agency as in an at risk area but in reality, there's little chance of them flooding. So I'd take it with a pinch of salt.
I live in Worcestershire and as a county we're quite superb at flooding :rolleyes: I take comfort from the fact that if a property didn't flood last summer or even September this year, then it probably isn't going to flood.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Thanks pawpurrs and Doozergirl
That's a useful place to start (wish it would zoom in a bit more though) but I won't take it as infallible.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
Hi,
You should write in to the Environment Agency and ask for a flood report. This will give you more detailed information of the flood likelihood in the area you are interested in.
The flood map on the website shows what would happen if there were no flood defences (because defences can fail), the flood report will give you more details of the protection local flood defences would provide you.
Hope this helps
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Thanks lisal0u
I didn't know you could do that.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
A simalar service is available in Scotland from SEPA
http://sepa.org.uk/flooding/index.htm
The flood map is accessed from one of the links on the left of the page. As the posters above have said its a bit general and only realy suitable for assessing an area rather than an definate that house is ok but the one next door isn't!
It also has some good advice on prevention and preperation.0 -
I didn't realise that the Environment Agency had done an update of their maps, the last time I looked a few months ago the other side of the street was in an 'extreme' flood area. Now it's subsided to be 100m or so further away.
Must be global cooling0
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