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To give you an idea of how useful the Environmental Search Report can be, we had a client purchase one for a property in Grey Street in Burnley BB10 1BZ which revealed that there was a flooding risk from surface water flooding within 250m of the property. This sort of finding may well have implication for your buildings insurance. Additionally, the property conveyancing search – you're expected to buy one if you're buying using a mortgage – revealed that the dwelling was located within 4km of an area licensed for onshore energy exploration and production. If this exploration and production went ahead, there might be pollution and contamination issues down the line which might not only affect the buyer's enjoyment of their property but might also lower the potential selling price of the house. Finally, the report revealed that the home was within 25m of a coal mining affected area. This means that at the very least a coal mining search would also need to be bought to find out if there are any issues such as contamination and ground instability. |
You're expected to get a Regulated Drainage & Water Search as standard when you're looking to buy a property using a mortgage. However a brief look at the contents of such a report, such as one bought by a client for a property in Garnett Street, BB3 3DT in the Blackburn area, shows how important the findings in the report are. For example, the report revealed that, should any building which is or forms part of the property be at risk of internal flooding due to overloaded public sewers, then insurance is in place to cover any damages and provide compensation. Additionally, the report revealed that should the property suffer from low water pressure or flow, insurance was also in place. People underestimate how important having decent pressure in the water supply to a home can be – but you'd want to know that insurance is in place for this eventuality because the displeasure caused by low water pressure in terms of how taps and particularly baths function is considerable, to say the very least! |
You'll generally only be expected to buy a coal mining search – an additional conveyancing property search – either if your environmental search report says you should get one or if it is known that the area you're looking to buy a property in is known to be in an area where such mining has either taken place in the past or is going on at the present time or if there are future plans to carry out such activity. A recent such search was required to be bought by a client buying a property in Duke Street, BB8 0SU, in the area of Burnley. The report stated, happily, that the property was 'acceptably free from coal mining related risk' and that no further action was required with regards to past coal mining. This not only provides peace of mind to a buyer but also to the lender and the conveyancing solicitor involved can also feel reasonably certain that further enquiries about the matter are not needed. |
Our Building Surveyor uses their local knowledge of Burnley to ensure they deliver a detailed homebuyers report to help you decide whether you should move forward with your home move or if you should pull out.
We normally have availability within days of you booking and our turnaround for homebuyers survey reports is within 5 working days.
Ranging from 10 to 40 years all of our chartered RICS Surveyors are registered with and regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and have indemnity insurance that covers all of the work they undertake in a Home Buyers Survey in Burnley.