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x2000traveller

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  1. S24 9xx seems to down to approx two deliveries a week. Been various times like this in the past 20 years-odd. No why to flag up via the Royal Mail Website. Is there anyway of getting anyone to do anything about this?!!
  2. The signs were put up at the start of the Brockwell events, but had vanished by the time the OP parked their car. Another tangle for the Borough to sort out!
  3. I believe there were yellow signs temporarily put up two weeks ago showing that Stradella and other Southwark roads were being made 'resident only' parking yesterday and today, as part of the festivals stuff. This advises everyone of the temporary order that the Borough made. However, most of the signs seems to have vanished during the previous two weekends. So it is a moot point what happens when parking tickets are challenged (as they surely will be, and I presume the OP will be doing). Another thing to add to the 'lessons learned' list when/if the two Boroughs review "how well things went" with the festivals this time....
  4. Good. Subsidence claims generally have an excess of £1000 per claim, but was yours higher?
  5. Indeed, many house here have had or will have subsidence issues so one needs to bear that in mind. Many houses here have shallow foundations but they have been around 100 years or so without too much issue. What the surveyor has told you doesn't feel like a 'red flag', more of a sensible warning. Bear in mind that although the surveyor is nominally working for you, their focus iln reality is mostly on the lender and the risk of being sued, either by them or you. So they are always pretty cautious. It would be wise to get a 2nd opinion, eg. from a structural engineer. Or talk to the original surveyor directly as they may say more than they are prepared to put in a report. It's a little difficult from the description to identify what the situation is but the scenario in which part of a property has been underpinned and the rest has not is fairly common here. The proximity of trees is likely to be the main thing to be concerned about, particularly after the hot summer of 2002, as insurers generally regard them as risky, especially if they are not cut back from time to time. A second surveyor can advise directly on this. It would definitely be worth trying to take over the current buildings insurance. Indeed, it may be quite hard to find new cover. Enquire what the current premium is and who the policy is ultiimately underwitten by (ie. is it a name that you have ever heard of?) The insurance industry, in general, works to a guideline that the insurance of an underpinned property should transfer to a new owner. https://www.biba.org.uk/insurance-guides/home-insurance-guides/subsidence/
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