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Failed environmental search selling house
housemover89
Posts: 1 Newbie
Hi, I wanted to get some advice or anyone elses experience being in a similar situation.
We are in the process of selling our home and have another house lined up. However, our buyers environmental search has failed due to 'potential contaminated land'. We have only lived in our home for four and a half years and this didn't come up when we purchased our home.
Our solicitor approached our council who has said there is an aerial photo from nineteen twenty something with a 'works - possible printers' in the area. There is no evidence that there is or isn't any contamination.
Our buyers solicitor is now conducting searches off the back of the info we have supplied from our council. However I don't know what this is.
I don't know what this means for the sale or anything so any advice or knowledge would be really appreciated!
We are in the process of selling our home and have another house lined up. However, our buyers environmental search has failed due to 'potential contaminated land'. We have only lived in our home for four and a half years and this didn't come up when we purchased our home.
Our solicitor approached our council who has said there is an aerial photo from nineteen twenty something with a 'works - possible printers' in the area. There is no evidence that there is or isn't any contamination.
Our buyers solicitor is now conducting searches off the back of the info we have supplied from our council. However I don't know what this is.
I don't know what this means for the sale or anything so any advice or knowledge would be really appreciated!
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Sounds like there is no issue.But that does not mean your buyer (his solicitor, or his lender) might not panic and withdraw.Nothing you can do though, except wait and see.0
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