We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING: Hello Forumites! In order to help keep the Forum a useful, safe and friendly place for our users, discussions around non-MoneySaving matters are not permitted per the Forum rules. While we understand that mentioning house prices may sometimes be relevant to a user's specific MoneySaving situation, we ask that you please avoid veering into broad, general debates about the market, the economy and politics, as these can unfortunately lead to abusive or hateful behaviour. Threads that are found to have derailed into wider discussions may be removed. Users who repeatedly disregard this may have their Forum account banned. Please also avoid posting personally identifiable information, including links to your own online property listing which may reveal your address. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide

Subsidence in home survey - how common?

o_johnston · 2020-12-21 21:42:43

Hi, just sale agreed on a home and the bank valued it at the same price we paid, but noted that it has "slight subsidence", which has been repaired previously by the vendor and the bank is satisfied that it's more a long term concern. However, I got a level 3 home survey which recommends consulting a structural engineer…

Comments

o_johnston Posts: 41 Forumite

24 December 2020 at 11:11AM

stuart45 said:

o_johnston said:

To be honest i can't really tell what I'm supposed to be seeing from the photo.

The level should touch the brickwork at the top, and the gap at the bottom shows how far out of plumb the wall is. If it's a 6ft level the wall is less out than with a 4ft level. Looks like a cheap level, so it may be out.

I spoke with the surveyor and he said it's a 1m spirit level and the wall was out 25mm. So over 2m it would be 50mm out from the wall. Is that by a lot?

0

★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

Subsidence in home survey - how common?

Comments

Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply

🚀 Getting Started

Categories

Is this how you want to be seen?

Get our FREE Weekly email full of deals & guides - and it’s spam-free