Glesga_Steve wrote:north glasgow dave wrote:i had to get a coalboard report when i bought this house..turns out theres an old mineshaft entrance 25 metres from my house.....
Isn't it standard practice to get a Coalboard report when buying a house?
I've had to get one for each of the three houses I've bought (mind you, each of them was in an area with a history of mining in reasonable proximity).
Yes it is and my present house is on a brownfield site, and the mortgage provider asked for further checks over and above the coal board report.
Mind you, there can't be any bits of industrial Lanarkshire that aren't riddled with mine shafts.
For that matter the upperward of Lanarkshire (the rural part) has the same problem due to the shale extraction in areas like Tarbrax.