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kelfish
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Hi,
I am currently looking to purchase a semi detached house about 50m from a beach. The house is built primarily on sand or very sandy soil and is around 100 years old. The house is pebble dashed (as are most on the street) and the pebble dash appears to either be original or long standing pebble dash. There is cracking in the gable wall outside the kitchen window where the drain (soil and kitchen) enter the ground. The cracking runs from the floor to the ground floor kitchen window and then from the lintel of the kitchen window to the first floor (bathroom) window. There are a 4 or 5 cracks in total. I have had a structural survey carried out and the surveyor says it is probably due to a leaking drain which has washed away some of the sand/soil and is ongoing but cannot be certain that it is a leaking drain without excavating and knocking off the pebble dash render to see the extent of the cracking. He also says that if it is a leaking drain and it is repaired then it is likely that it will not get any worse and will not require underpinning.
Does anybody have any experience with something similar and would be willing to share their knowledge and experience? I am most concerned about the requirement to underpin due to the cost and prospects of a sale in the future.
I am most grateful for any input and thank you in advance.
I am currently looking to purchase a semi detached house about 50m from a beach. The house is built primarily on sand or very sandy soil and is around 100 years old. The house is pebble dashed (as are most on the street) and the pebble dash appears to either be original or long standing pebble dash. There is cracking in the gable wall outside the kitchen window where the drain (soil and kitchen) enter the ground. The cracking runs from the floor to the ground floor kitchen window and then from the lintel of the kitchen window to the first floor (bathroom) window. There are a 4 or 5 cracks in total. I have had a structural survey carried out and the surveyor says it is probably due to a leaking drain which has washed away some of the sand/soil and is ongoing but cannot be certain that it is a leaking drain without excavating and knocking off the pebble dash render to see the extent of the cracking. He also says that if it is a leaking drain and it is repaired then it is likely that it will not get any worse and will not require underpinning.
Does anybody have any experience with something similar and would be willing to share their knowledge and experience? I am most concerned about the requirement to underpin due to the cost and prospects of a sale in the future.
I am most grateful for any input and thank you in advance.
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There is nothing really to show just cracks in the pebble dash render in an exterior wall. I was just wondering if anybody had experience of something similar -
Either sand/soil being eroded by a leaking drain and what happened
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a surveyor stating that it was likely that the movement was due to a leaking drain and it this was the case0 -
If this house is anywhere along the Norfolk coast, it won't be long before it is out in the sea somewhere. Just 50m from the beach is way, way too close.Her courage will change the world.
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.0 -
This springs to mind,
Matthew 7:24-27
Build Your House on the Rock
24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”0 -
Agree 50m from sea would be a big red flag.0
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The house is in a street with probably over a hundred houses and there is a sea wall. As far as I am aware all are still standing0
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