If you were going through the process of buying a property would you still go through with the purchase if you found out it was built directly on a landfill site? Or would it depend on what sort of landfill site it was?
I would seriously look at who had built the property, IE any tom dick or harry or a major builder. What is the value of any warranty they offer?
Major issues if builder hadnt done their work right -
Polluted land Explosive gasses land subsidance.
Not sure whether any land survey taken as part of the purchasing process would litigate against any subseqent issues?
I would consider if all the paperwork/surveys were in order, although I would be expecting a significant discount over similar properties in the area built on more conventional land to mitigate the (albeit) slight risk involved. Especially in the current housing market.
Originally posted by dg1: If you were going through the process of buying a property would you still go through with the purchase if you found out it was built directly on a landfill site?
A major question is when it was built. if in the last 10 years or so then it is likely that the Council made the builder go through lots of hoops to satisfy them that he had taken remediation measures etc before he was allowed to build. If in the 1960s or earlier then it is unlikely anyone even thought about it.
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Its not me buying the property, i was asking on behalf of someone else, and Rosieeee thats there main concern, resale problems, also the fact that the vendor has never mentioned anything about it! I know i can hear some of you saying, well would you mention it, but surely they realised it would come to light before exchange?
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