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[alirus]

We're thinking of buying a detached 1930s property built on a slope. It has an unconverted cellar where you can see steel beams as well as a no of brick pillars. Are steel beams a normal foundation or do they indicate previous problems with subsidence?

[LCL]

Alirus

the conveyancing process you will be going through should indicate any previous subsidence problems.

You most certainly should commisison an independent survey, preferably a building survey with the details you have provided. Contact the RICS . org for a surveyor in your area.

Hope this helps.

LCL