inground swimming pool

wendy1966

Hi everyone

Wondering if you can help me with my unusual query. I went to look at a house today that i loved, however the garden was a bit uneven compared to the neighbours. I asked the vendor and she said it was due to having a 20ft inground swimming pool that they had removed and the garden just needs to be landscaped properly and evend out. Am i right in thinking that they should of really had this done at the same time of removing it and why would they leave it like it in the first place as it was removed a couple of years ago.
I really want to put an offer in for the property but i'm worried that this swimming pool might have not been removed properly and is now causing some major problems. If i was to have a valuation carried out would the surveyor pick up on any problems that may be lying beneath surface or would the only way to find out would be to dig it.

Any advice would be great

martindow

It wouldn't be completely removed but the concrete should have been broken up a little at the bottom to allow drainage otherwise I suppose it could get marshy if water can't drain away. I imagine after a couple of years the soil would settle a little to make the surface uneven so as they say it just needs levelling up.

ognum

I am guessing that they have had topsoil put on top of the rubble left from breaking up the pool, this could be quite deep down depending on the depth of the pool. they have then had topsoil to fill the rest of the hole, this top soil will take several years to settle as it compacts into the rubble and flattens down.

it would have been impossible and a waste of money to have this fully landscaped at the time of filling, they should have had it compacted but it will still take time.

I would ask when they had the pool broken down.