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Undeclared Leaking Basement
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ETA, sorry replying to OP, not most recent person with question!
Honestly, it would be cheaper and less stressful to just deal as it is, IMO.
You can either leave it, if it drains away quite fast, or you may have to spend around £800 putting in a sump pump.
Our last flat was dry in the basement when we bought the place, but after our neighbours re-concreted their basement, it started to have a little flow of water passing through one corner, which would get a bit worse after rain. (There is a stream underneath the street). This was a real shame as it put multiple buyers off the place even after we got a specialist surveyor's report that the water was passing through and draining out again, so it wasn't an issue. Luckily we found a buyer in the end who didn't mind - my husband's seen how they redid the place and they either put in a pump or just put new flooring over where the water passed through.
We moved on the same street so obviously asked the owners about the basement - they said it hasn't flooded and indeed it hasn't in the two years we've been here. We think this might be because two doors down have a pump because they got up to a foot of water in their basement in heavy rain.
Basically what I'm saying is it can be fixed, it's annoying the previous owners didn't mention this but really, just spending the money on a pump is going to be much easier and possibly cheaper than trying to take them to court.0 -
Have you read the OP's post carefully? They have 'a number' of these already.Honestly, it would be cheaper and less stressful to just deal as it is, IMO.
You can either leave it, if it drains away quite fast, or you may have to spend around £800 putting in a sump pump..
OP's question is really different from the one that started the thread, as it involves habitable rooms and should have had its own thread.
Anyway, if a number of pumps aren't sufficient, maybe tanking might be the best solution. As that would be very expensive, it's surely worth taking professional legal advice, rather than relying on us amateurs.0 -
Ah, sorry, I hadn't clocked OP was an older one and was replying to that, not the more recent poster!0
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