Re: Buying a house on *potentially* contaminated land

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:12:36 -0000, "Pete"
<eyecube_at_hotmail_dot_com> wrote:

>
>
>>
>> Have you looked on these -
>> http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk
>> no major cluster of anything nasty?
>>
>>
>> http://www.homecheck.co.uk/hcf/Home.do?articleID=1618
>> It is basic info only on the free report - have you read the full
>> version the solicitor is referring to?
>
>Thanks for those mogga - yes, I've seen homecheck, but the statistics site
>is a new one on me - I'll examine it more closely tomorrow.
>
>> If its only a house then I'd say go find another - if its *the* house
>> then get the additional report done to double check.
>
>Well, it's the only suitable property we found within our budget in over 4
>months (veiwing between 30 and 40 properties in total!) of looking. I'm
>worried that fact coupled with the money we have spent surveying and on
>conveyancing may be clouding my judgement though...
>

My commment here is if thats the best you can find then houses are too
overpriced at the moment.
you could visit housepricecrash.co.uk for a look there

If you'd not spent money on surveys etc how would you feel? Would you
walk away?

>> Bearing in mind they won't want to get it done because if its bad
>> they'll never be able to sell their house for as much money as they
>> will know about the problem.
>
>Very true - thanks for the input.
>
>Pete
>

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