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Q: What are
Environmental Factors that may affect the value of a property?
A: They include:
- Past and present contaminating industrial processes
- Landfill and waste management facilities
- Nearby toxic, radioactive and hazardous substances
- Areas of ground that may have been filled in the past
- Overhead transmission lines and telephone masts
- The risk of subsidence and radon gas
Q: Why Obtain An
Environmental Report?
A: To protect you, our client, from risks that could
not otherwise be detected from a normal survey inspection
Q: Why should I get an Envirosearch?
A: Because the results may adversely affect the
value of what you are about to buy.
Q: When should I get an
Environmental Report?
A: Whenever the valuation of a property is required
be it for a purchase, mortgage, or further advance, or before any
domestic building work, such as self-build or an extension, is
undertaken. The report should be obtained before
exchange of contracts or any other form of binding obligation.
Q: Can I insure against environmental risks?
A: Our understanding is that you can, however, we
are not insurance specialists but could introduce you to one
who can give you expert advice.
They will be able to help with questions such as:
- If I sell the property, does the insurance cover
transfer to the new owner?
- Can I get cover for possible contamination that shows up
in the Envirosearch Residential Report?
- My Survey Report shows an existing source of potential
contamination close by. Am I covered if I am legally
liable to investigate and, if necessary, clean up?
- My new property is close to a facility where toxins and
contaminants are known to have been stored. Am I covered
if any of these get on to my land?
- Am I covered if my own heating oil or septic tanks
rupture or burst, and I have to clean up the land?
Q: How do I get an Environmental Search?
A: Please click
here to request an introduction.
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