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Buying a council freehold flat with subsidence

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  • Slithery
    Slithery Posts: 6,046 Forumite
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    lm4868 wrote: »
    The latter. I have insisted that the whole report is shared with me, and I’ve been given the name of the company they’re using so can check back
    Irrelevant.

    Only the person that pays for the report has a contract with the engineer. For all you know it could be a mate of the vendor.

    You need to pay for your own independent checks.
  • Norman_Castle
    Norman_Castle Posts: 11,871 Forumite
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    Isn’t this sort of work covered by the buildings insurance that the leaseholders have been paying all these years?
    Subsidence is normally covered by building insurance. Ask the freeholder/council about this.
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