Property underpinned in the 80's no documents

tooldle

In our previous property, the insurance were only interested if the underpinning had taken place in the previous 5 yrs. We've moved on now but in the 7 yrs we owned the property we were never asked for an engineers report or refused a quotation. 

LouAirra

tooldle said:

In our previous property, the insurance were only interested if the underpinning had taken place in the previous 5 yrs. We've moved on now but in the 7 yrs we owned the property we were never asked for an engineers report or refused a quotation. 

How was the resale of the property? did it go smoothly?

TripleH

Parents bought an underpinned property in the 1980's (work done in 1970's).

Never had any issues with it and this is despite building work and significant construction work taking place in the surrounding areas in that time.

By all means get a surveyor to review (would've for property that ages anyway) but it wouldn't put me off.

Recent movement is more of a concern

tooldle

LouAirra said:

tooldle said:

In our previous property, the insurance were only interested if the underpinning had taken place in the previous 5 yrs. We've moved on now but in the 7 yrs we owned the property we were never asked for an engineers report or refused a quotation. 

How was the resale of the property? did it go smoothly?

Full asking price and no issues with the underpinning. All done and dusted in under 3 months.

LouAirra

tooldle said:

LouAirra said:

tooldle said:

In our previous property, the insurance were only interested if the underpinning had taken place in the previous 5 yrs. We've moved on now but in the 7 yrs we owned the property we were never asked for an engineers report or refused a quotation. 

How was the resale of the property? did it go smoothly?

Full asking price and no issues with the underpinning. All done and dusted in under 3 months.

Amazing, Thank you all for your comments, this gives me a lot more confidence in buying the property.

lookstraightahead

LouAirra said:

tooldle said:

LouAirra said:

tooldle said:

In our previous property, the insurance were only interested if the underpinning had taken place in the previous 5 yrs. We've moved on now but in the 7 yrs we owned the property we were never asked for an engineers report or refused a quotation. 

How was the resale of the property? did it go smoothly?

Full asking price and no issues with the underpinning. All done and dusted in under 3 months.

Amazing, Thank you all for your comments, this gives me a lot more confidence in buying the property.

Sometimes old properties are like a good wine 😁. Just make sure you check everything properly