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Moderate to high potential of subsidence
lotus89
Posts: 3 Newbie
Hi I'm looking to buy a house in ashford surrey and the search report has come back with "moderate to high levels of potential subsidence". There's been no claims on insurance. We haven't done a survey report either and couldn't see any signs for this. We've paid the legal fees etc and are close to exchange too. Does anyone know if this could mean the area? How much of a problem is this for the future? And what has flagged the property up as moderate to high? There are no flood areas nearby too. We are FTB's so really scared, any thoughts would be appreciated 
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It doesn't mean that house itself, alone. It means the area, due to the type of ground it's built on.
Ashford's almost certainly on the same clay as the entire rest of the London area... It doesn't stop properties being in demand.1 -
If the property is a fairly recent build (within the last 30 odd years), the foundations will have been designed & constructed to cope with any possibility of subsidence. If it is an older property, and it is still standing without showing any signs of movement, it is unlikely to succumb to subsidence any time soon - Just watch for trees close to the property and be mindful that removal of a mature tree could result in ground heave.AdrianC said: Ashford's almost certainly on the same clay as the entire rest of the London area... It doesn't stop properties being in demand.
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thanks both - the property is from the 1960s. There's no major trees either luckily - the current occupiers have been there since 1999.0
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strangely we ordered a report from BGS which shows no subsidence yet council shows moderate to high - so weird!!0
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Not really weird.
The Council is saying that the house/area has moderate to high levels of potential subsidence in the future, whereas your report is presumably saying that the house has currently no actual subsidence.2
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