newcastle living

srhoden

Nile_E_Coyote said:

There's loads of areas like it around the North East. Wouldnt worry about it too much tbh. There's bigger things to worry about when I bought.

interested to know what that might be? did you mean bigger things to worry about the house? we don’t live near so have little local knowledge any advice we can send from afar would be welcome. she has no specific area in mind but is dictated by price up to £120k so we don’t know whether to say look at old - which we did and ended up with survey that showed a ruck of issues or go new build- but i’ve warned her off them as the developers seem like sharks😀

sgun

srhoden said:

thanks for all the advice. yes daughter is new nurse and first time buyer and has just effectively lost £700 on a survey of a property she liked due to can only assume mining in area- water logged garden/building slippage-movement and much more work than she would be able to fund so thank you brown trout for your tolerance - not as yes when it comes to mining we would be ignorant. everyone else thanks for great advice😀

She hasn't lost £700, she has bought a professional report that has helped her to decide that this house in particular is not for her as it needs too much work. Loads of people have had waterlogged gardens this winter, it's been very wet. Probably nothing to do with mining. Other issues - I'm assuming from what you have said that she is buying at the lower end of housing stock prices. She isn't going to get a perfect house in a lovely area. Maybe tell her to save up for a bit longer for a bigger deposit. 

Nile_E_Coyote

srhoden said:

Nile_E_Coyote said:

There's loads of areas like it around the North East. Wouldnt worry about it too much tbh. There's bigger things to worry about when I bought.

interested to know what that might be? did you mean bigger things to worry about the house? we don’t live near so have little local knowledge any advice we can send from afar would be welcome. she has no specific area in mind but is dictated by price up to £120k so we don’t know whether to say look at old - which we did and ended up with survey that showed a ruck of issues or go new build- but i’ve warned her off them as the developers seem like sharks😀

I guess it depends how close to shafts etc it was. I live in the Sunderland area and considered other issues like roof movement etc as a bigger concern. However it does all depend on how close you are to the mining activity. Our conveyancer got a mining report and we were within the distance to have 'potential' affects of mining but no actual old mines within x amount of metres. I think it included some insurance policy about it too.

All about experience though and I'm sure it might be different depending how close and what issues was actually highlighted 

youth_leader

If your daughter is at the RVI, Jesmond isn't far and is a lovely area with the Metro available, my daughter rented there.  Nice flat on RightMove. 

1 bedroom flat for sale in Grosvenor Road, Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 (rightmove.co.uk)

carefullycautious

Which Newcastle? As Newcastle in staffordshire is in a mining area also

BrownTrout

sgun said:

srhoden said:

thanks for all the advice. yes daughter is new nurse and first time buyer and has just effectively lost £700 on a survey of a property she liked due to can only assume mining in area- water logged garden/building slippage-movement and much more work than she would be able to fund so thank you brown trout for your tolerance - not as yes when it comes to mining we would be ignorant. everyone else thanks for great advice😀

She hasn't lost £700, she has bought a professional report that has helped her to decide that this house in particular is not for her as it needs too much work. Loads of people have had waterlogged gardens this winter, it's been very wet. Probably nothing to do with mining. Other issues - I'm assuming from what you have said that she is buying at the lower end of housing stock prices. She isn't going to get a perfect house in a lovely area. Maybe tell her to save up for a bit longer for a bigger deposit. 

indeed such issues like that are NOT caused  by historic mining issues, however there are sometimes out bursts where the have been unground blockages but very rare
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/skewen-residents-face-up-six-19704909

sgun

srhoden said:

interested to know what that might be? did you mean bigger things to worry about the house? we don’t live near so have little local knowledge any advice we can send from afar would be welcome. she has no specific area in mind but is dictated by price up to £120k so we don’t know whether to say look at old - which we did and ended up with survey that showed a ruck of issues or go new build- but i’ve warned her off them as the developers seem like sharks😀

£120k will get her a decent house in an ok area. Old is much better value than new, much bigger for a cheaper price, thicker walls, some have lovely gardens. Plenty of nearly new for that price too if she has been totally put off by older properties. As for the areas - you would need to let us know where she was looking and then some of us locals would be able to advise.