
House built on infill land
Going through conveyancing currently for a bungalow and the searches have come back showing the house is built on a small area of infill land (old sand pit). It’s almost comical how it’s virtually only this house, might have to repost in r/fuckyouinparticular
Our solicitor is checking with our lender that they would still be happy to lend knowing this.
At the moment we’re not overly concerned - our level 3 survey found no signs of subsidence, the natural land stability represents a negligible risk of movement (not clay), and the area (0.17ha) seems small enough that it wouldn’t have been too deep.
However we don’t know how deep it was or how it was filled as historical maps only show it between 1932-1961. As I understand anything filled before 1974 didn’t have to be recorded and so there are no details of when that took place, by who or how. All we know is the house was built roughly around 1980.
We would be looking in future to add an extension and are aware that might need some extra strengthening to be on the safe side. We’ll see what the lender’s view is but what would be your view? Sounds terrible but usually not a big deal? Huge red flag? Grounds for price negotiation (excuse the pun)?