Houses collapse into road sinkhole in Manchester

PiKe · 21 Jan 2021 at 22:50

thenewoc said:
You'd be bricking it wondering if you answered all the insurance questions correctly. I wonder if they answered, house of red brick construction and didn't divulge that the outside had been rendered. Unfortunately not declared alterations to the property? Previous evidence of subsidence etc?

The only thing that would matter here is any previous subsidence, its construction played no part on it falling down.

Roadrunner_668 · 21 Jan 2021 at 23:15

saw that on the news, cant imagine how those people must feel

I admit I did make the same joke at the time but felt bad ! hope all are OK

Megahurtz400 · 21 Jan 2021 at 23:18

dLockers said:
Oof.

Although on the bright side, we have found a house @FoxEye can afford. Let's hope @Psycho Sonny doesn't snap it up and BTL it with his Dad's inheritance.

Are these the houses that Sonny is telling me to move away from my job, friends and family and stop moaning that houses in my area are unaffordable for young people?

robj20 · 21 Jan 2021 at 23:42

PiKe said:
If your insurance expires, how are the bank going to know? The first year I had my house and I changed insurer, I went in to the bank to inform them I had changed (mortgage advisor at the time told me I had to provide proof) and they looked at me weird, they eventually they dug out a number to send a fax on to.

I get a letter from the mortgage company each year confirming my insurance so they must know.

dlockers · 21 Jan 2021 at 23:47

robj20 said:
I get a letter from the mortgage company each year confirming my insurance so they must know.

Really? Never had such a thing myself. Whose your mortgage provider? Doesn't seem too farfetched - I guess it makes sense.

PiKe · 21 Jan 2021 at 23:50

robj20 said:
I get a letter from the mortgage company each year confirming my insurance so they must know.

I guess Natwest just don't care then.

dlockers · 21 Jan 2021 at 23:51

PiKe said:
I guess Natwest just don't care then.

Nor Nationwide

Edit: it's amazing how much info we share with strangers on the internet isn't it.

Hagar · 21 Jan 2021 at 23:53

PiKe said:
The only thing that would matter here is any previous subsidence, its construction played no part on it falling down.

Except probably the lack of or the age of the cavity wall ties and narrow plain concrete strip footings due to the type and age of the building. It is probable that the sewer had been leaking for a while creating a large underground void around it

Roadrunner_668 · 21 Jan 2021 at 23:59

the two houses were in one long row of terrace houses so are they going to repair them or knock down the whole row? cant do anything in between surely !

robj20 · 22 Jan 2021 at 00:00

PiKe said:
I guess Natwest just don't care then.

I have to list them as a vested interest or as a 3rd person along with me and the wife. They also have to be on their list of approved insurance companies and to a certain level. Guess since are more strict than others.

Hagar · 22 Jan 2021 at 00:03

Roadrunner_668 said:
the two houses were in one long row of terrace houses so are they going to repair them or knock down the whole row? cant do anything in between surely !

That were talking about five or six being taken down. Someone's going to get a semi detached instead of a terrace.

Roadrunner_668 · 22 Jan 2021 at 00:08

interesting

PiKe · 22 Jan 2021 at 00:57

Hagar said:
Except probably the lack of or the age of the cavity wall ties and narrow plain concrete strip footings due to the type and age of the building. It is probable that the sewer had been leaking for a while creating a large underground void around it

Pretty sure any house will fall down if you open up a void under it.

Roadrunner_668 · 22 Jan 2021 at 01:02

PiKe said:
Pretty sure any house will fall down if you open up a void under it.

that sounds like one of those things that could hold deep meaning but doesnt ha ha

the shadow · 22 Jan 2021 at 12:57

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...sed-sinkhole-fears-shell-lose-everything.html

PiKe · 22 Jan 2021 at 15:04

'I don't understand how my house has come down. I'm just trying to get it to sink in'

Could have picked her words a little better.

thenewoc · 22 Jan 2021 at 21:06

PiKe said:
Could have picked her words a little better.

Trying to get it all in the sink hole

Roadrunner_668 · 22 Jan 2021 at 22:59

PiKe said:
Could have picked her words a little better.

ha ha ha I missed that !

4k4uNuNu · 26 May 2021 at 12:01

Or just some random house wall giving up on life and falling to the pavement and road below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-dorset-57253965

Seriously developing a phobia here. I already have an unnatural fear of exploding houses because of dodgy boilers.

Ayahuasca · 26 May 2021 at 12:04

I like how he just casually walks off. Otherside of the road and he's dead or severely injured!