Am I over analysing?

PIggywhiskers

Hi,

We are close to exchanging, but a house next door was built in 2011 - the house we are looking at is from the 1970s. During the planning application, the new building had a soil sample done, which came back with lead, arsenic, and benzopyrene over the standard at the time.

There were two samples taken, they do vary quite a bit in value. The remedial work for the new build was clean cover and hard standing - patio slabs. The house we're going to buy has slabs in the garden.

This was never flagged, we only found out by being nosey about next door's planning application. Is this a huge concern? Thinking about when we want to sell in the future.

user1977

What was the former use(s) of the land?

Mark_d

Your conveyancers should have done all necessary searches to  identify things that could harm the value of your investment.

EssexHebridean

Your conveyancer has presumably already sent you the searches to review, yes? Go back to the environmental search and see what that has to say as a starting point.

PIggywhiskers

user1977 said:

What was the former use(s) of the land?

Looking at historic maps, farmland (1840s), then someone's back garden for a very long time (1880's), then the house, and a neighbours. Can't see anything industrial, there was a railtrack about 300m away, but is now a path

PIggywhiskers

EssexHebridean said:

Your conveyancer has presumably already sent you the searches to review, yes? Go back to the environmental search and see what that has to say as a starting point.

We have a Groundshare report, which said we've passed for contaminated land.

PIggywhiskers

Mark_d said:

Your conveyancers should have done all necessary searches to  identify things that could harm the value of your investment.

I think the Groundshare report is the one, which said we've passed for contaminated land.

ReadySteadyPop

PIggywhiskers said:

Hi,

We are close to exchanging, but a house next door was built in 2011 - the house we are looking at is from the 1970s. During the planning application, the new building had a soil sample done, which came back with lead, arsenic, and benzopyrene over the standard at the time.

There were two samples taken, they do vary quite a bit in value. The remedial work for the new build was clean cover and hard standing - patio slabs. The house we're going to buy has slabs in the garden.

This was never flagged, we only found out by being nosey about next door's planning application. Is this a huge concern? Thinking about when we want to sell in the future.

Will it concern a buyer in the future? That is the gamble you are taking.

PIggywhiskers

ReadySteadyPop said:

PIggywhiskers said:

Hi,

We are close to exchanging, but a house next door was built in 2011 - the house we are looking at is from the 1970s. During the planning application, the new building had a soil sample done, which came back with lead, arsenic, and benzopyrene over the standard at the time.

There were two samples taken, they do vary quite a bit in value. The remedial work for the new build was clean cover and hard standing - patio slabs. The house we're going to buy has slabs in the garden.

This was never flagged, we only found out by being nosey about next door's planning application. Is this a huge concern? Thinking about when we want to sell in the future.

Will it concern a buyer in the future? That is the gamble you are taking.

True, buying a home, not an investment.

ReadySteadyPop

PIggywhiskers said:

ReadySteadyPop said:

PIggywhiskers said:

Hi,

We are close to exchanging, but a house next door was built in 2011 - the house we are looking at is from the 1970s. During the planning application, the new building had a soil sample done, which came back with lead, arsenic, and benzopyrene over the standard at the time.

There were two samples taken, they do vary quite a bit in value. The remedial work for the new build was clean cover and hard standing - patio slabs. The house we're going to buy has slabs in the garden.

This was never flagged, we only found out by being nosey about next door's planning application. Is this a huge concern? Thinking about when we want to sell in the future.

Will it concern a buyer in the future? That is the gamble you are taking.

True, buying a home, not an investment.

Exactly, but you don`t need to buy it, there are plenty of other houses?