new to UK buildings pls help
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:09 am
by 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?
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:30 pm
by 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