willy1975
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I dont know if anyone can help,i had a survey on my house in the year 2000 and now a friend on mine is buying my house and his searches has shown up a low laying load which wasnt there back when i bought the house.Is there any maps of whats under my house that i can take to show my solicitor.I have lost the ones i had done in 2000.
RRX
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12 years ago
Where is your house?
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sinker
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12 years ago
"willy1975" wrote:

....low laying load......Is there any maps of whats under my house........



When you say "load" do you mean "lode"...as in a mineral vein?
What part of the country are you in? That could narrow it down? There are general geological maps of the UK available which would also point you in the right direction, but you need to look a little closer than that in your case. Local knowledge also helps to narrow the search down. Any other houses been sold in the vicinity lately? Knock some doors and ask if it has ever shown up before? Local solicitors who carry out conveyancing?
Yma O Hyd....
stuey
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12 years ago
If it's in Redruth or St Day, you're basically screwed.
lozz
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12 years ago
"stuey" wrote:

If it's in Redruth or St Day, you're basically screwed.



Surely there are no mine workings under Telegraph Hill!

Lozz.
stuey
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12 years ago
I like the way "Vicarage Hill" has no vicarage due to mining subsidence!

Telegraph hill has a couple of lodes under it. Pretty shallow stuff as well, I gather. All of that has no plans/sections.
willy1975
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12 years ago
My house is in st.day,scorrier street.Just wanted to know if i can get a map of whats underneath rather that having to pay out for a survey to been done.
stuey
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12 years ago
There are very few plans of anything under St Day, namely the derivatives of Wheal Gorland including Muttrall. The sorts of things that you will get in the record office tend to be later (sort of 1820 onwards) and the St Day stuff (shallow) is earlier than that. Towards the west end, the rock is much worse and the shallow tin workings more frequent.

If you get St Day up on a map, you'll see Scorrier St is North-South, which is perpendicular to most of the workings in the area, the street will be crossed by workings, but unlike Vicarage hill, they aren't all the way up. I don't think Scorrier St has a history of moving.

From what I know, there are shallow tin workings in bad ground which sometimes move on the west of town. Vicarage hill has opened up a few times and has quite an interesting undulating surface still, Telegraph hill is right along a lode and Muttrall Footway shaft famously opened up spectacularly many years ago.

The various mining survey companies will have "drilled stuff" for various people and will have added this to their own records. This is not the sort of information they go throwing around, as it's valuable. They will be able to say "yep, there are likely workings under your house" because they've actually done drilling in the area. Of course, even when you take somewhere like Tuckingmill, for which there are plans covering every square meter, they often miss out the shallow ancient stuff which sometimes reveals itself spectacularly.

I think a mining search is about £50 ish. Failing that, your neighbours may have one.

If I was buying a house, I'd want a document which had been the result of some drilling ideally. The stuff off the plans is quite a gamble and if you read the small print, they often get themselves off the hook in the detail.

I lived in Glendale Cresent in Redruth for a while and the back garden opened up. Some hillbillies turned up, dug a big earthy hole and whacked a load of concrete in it. The whole end of the house was on the move with sticking doors &c. Two of my chums do surveys/searches for a living and the paperwork revealed itself for a sneaky off-record peak and we got out of there pronto! Mortgage companies quite often insist on proper paperwork with all the credentials but hillbilly estate agents working for unscrupulous landlords sometimes really don't give a toss. The whole area up there is on the move and the place was rented again....it's only a matter of time.
scooptram
12 years ago
the quick ans is not a lot as stuey says theres not many plans pre 1820 and seeing you live in one of the most mined areas of cornwall !! if you want a proper survey get hold of Daz hes on here some where thats his job
Dolcoathguy
12 years ago
Had a mining survey done in 2000 and found it rather disappointing (but expected) as it told us very little we didnt already know (being above Dolcoath) and as pointed out all mining surveys mention that many older plans are lost, so cannot guarantee you are not at risk.
I took the view that a house built at the time the mine next to it was open is slightly less of a risk than a house built after the mine was closed but before mine surveys were a requirement.(pre 1980s?).
On the positive side, from what I have read, some good mining survey companies have been established for a while and their knowledge would only increase with time. You can read many surveys online on the planning applications website.
Is it safe to come out of the bunker yet?
stuey
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12 years ago
Talking of which, how is the hole at Wheal Harriet?
Dolcoathguy
12 years ago
Went there 2 weeks ago and updated the topic. But now I have a new Digital camera will go down there and update the photos maybe tomorrow or Thursday.
Is it safe to come out of the bunker yet?

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