My dusty crack is getting bigger and now it smells of smoke!

[dellzeqq]

[QUOTE 2186154, member: 259"]My parents house had to be demolished due to subsidence - it's a mining area and it's riddled with empty coal seams and workings. They had another one built in exactly the same place though. [/quote]
Uncle Mort arrives to spread pre-Christmas cheer!

 

[asterix]

My very first house was like that in Ipswich, near the docks. It was built on an old brick field and all the houses had a certain amount of subsidence but due to the recent house price boom they had become saleable and were all I could afford at the time.

I can remember making the doors parallelogram shaped so they would open and shut, and shifting the door stops. A few houses away a neighbour had a crack in the wall through which he could see into next door (and vice versa, of course). It was good for community spirit.

After a couple of years or so and much renovation, a buyer gave me for 2.5 times what I paid for it.

 

[Milo]

I can hear my next door neighbor yawn in bed due to the crappy sound insulation we have. They also seem to only have sex once a year poor souls. They once laughed when I broke wind loudly in bed once. Thankfully we rent..

 

[Globalti]

You think you've got problems?

 

[Arjimlad]

I can hear my next door neighbor yawn in bed due to the crappy sound insulation we have. They also seem to only have sex once a year poor souls. They once laughed when I broke wind loudly in bed once. Thankfully we rent..

That's hilarious! It's reminded me of something similar..I well remember my lodgings when I first came to Bristol as a student.

I was staying in a family house and the man of the house would remove himself to the bathroom last thing at night, and there sallied forth the most tumultous (genuine) farting noises the human arse could emit. In the summer, with open windows I could also hear the mirth and merriment of the neighbours, especially if they were enjoying their gardens of a summer's eve.

Sorry to divert..

 

[asterix]

You think you've got problems?

It's a work of art and a testament to lime mortar!

 

[tyred]

You think you've got problems?

I hope they don't have castors on the furniture. All the chairs would end up at one side of the room.

 

[Globalti]

You should try going for a session in there! It makes you giddy so after six pints of Banks's Bitter you get up to go for a wazz then you realise that in Doodlay a BISON isn't a large ruminant, it's what yow'm SICK IN!

 

[Arch]

No mines here in Suffolk

Oh yes there are!

I know, I've been down it!

 

[dellzeqq]

setting aside Archie's point, the problem you face is this. How, apart from visiting a cycling forum, can you get good professional advice? And by professional advice, I mean the kind of advice that is of such standing that the giver of the advice is insured. And the question you must ask yourself is whether or not you are going to accept the judgement of somebody employed by the insurance company, or somebody who has a financial interest in doing the work, or whether you will seek advice from somebody that you appoint.

And the next problem is that if you decide to seek your own advice, (that is to say from someone who owes you a duty, and not the insurance company), then that advice will have to be paid for. And it may well be that the advice will not be forthcoming unless exploratory work is undertaken.

 

[Night Train]

Andrew and NT, I strongly recommend both of you get Carbon Monoxide sensors fitted asap...

Had a CO alarm for a while now, not a squeak from it.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Oh yes there are!

I know, I've been down it! View attachment 15992

Ha! True!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

My very first house was like that in Ipswich, near the docks. It was built on an old brick field and all the houses had a certain amount of subsidence but due to the recent house price boom they had become saleable and were all I could afford at the time.

I can remember making the doors parallelogram shaped so they would open and shut, and shifting the door stops. A few houses away a neighbour had a crack in the wall through which he could see into next door (and vice versa, of course). It was good for community spirit.

After a couple of years or so and much renovation, a buyer gave me for 2.5 times what I paid for it.

Um, it wasn't Rectory Road was it?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

setting aside Archie's point, the problem you face is this. How, apart from visiting a cycling forum, can you get good professional advice? And by professional advice, I mean the kind of advice that is of such standing that the giver of the advice is insured. And the question you must ask yourself is whether or not you are going to accept the judgement of somebody employed by the insurance company, or somebody who has a financial interest in doing the work, or whether you will seek advice from somebody that you appoint.

And the next problem is that if you decide to seek your own advice, (that is to say from someone who owes you a duty, and not the insurance company), then that advice will have to be paid for. And it may well be that the advice will not be forthcoming unless exploratory work is undertaken.

True. Today's reading showed that the house hasn't moved since the last measurement was taken. Once the insurance company declares their final findings we'll be talking to a lawyer before accepting any final decision. Help will come from my sister who was a subsidence claims handler, my dad who still has links with the buildings department at the local council he was Assistant chief executive at for 25 years, my mother in law who made a living out of doing battle with mortgage companies, and of course CycleChat

We've already paid for two surveys, one of which dug an 'ole outside our back door.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

True. Today's reading showed that the house hasn't moved since the last measurement was taken. Once the insurance company declares their final findings we'll be talking to a lawyer before accepting any final decision. Help will come from my sister who was a subsidence claims handler, my dad who still has links with the buildings department at the local council he was Assistant chief executive at for 25 years, my mother in law who made a living out of doing battle with mortgage companies, and of course CycleChat

We've already paid for two surveys, one of which dug an 'ole outside our back door.

You'll get the best advice here of course. I say bust the main gas pipe in the house, chuck a match in and claim on the insurance.