What does 'Heave' mean?
Heave
Heave is when a property starts to rise and is commonly found in areas where the soil is predominantly clay which absorbs water and expands, forcing the property upwards.
It can happen because of heavy rain or where a tree or trees that were draining the soil via their roots are cut down.
Note some properties have an annual cycle of heave and subsidence which does not affect them structurally in any way. For more details of this see the chapterWhat a Property Survey Really Means
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Chapter 1:
The First Questions Are For You
"...If they are right about price movements then by renting they have lost £24,000 (£36,000 - £12,000) and saved £25,000 by not buying. Overall they are better off by only £1,000 and all this time they have not been in their own home. If they are wrong and prices move up their loss is substantially more.
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Chapter 2:
The Media and Property Prices
"... Q2 2003
At an even more local level the media also loves to talk about "hot spots" on a month by month basis as if this were some reliable guide as to the best areas in which to invest. Price movements at this level are however, even more erratic as the following example shows.
At a..."
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Chapter 3:
Making House Price Predictions
"... on the future but they continue to do so.
In summary Capital Economics have been one of the worst predictors of house price movement in the past so be extremely sceptical of any article based on their predictions for the future.
- Deloitte -
Deloitte is also advised by the same..."
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Chapter 17:
The Property Buying Process in Theory
"...It is extremely important to know that the surveyor is qualified to spot tell-tale signs but cannot actually or absolutely state that something is wrong. He may say, for example, that "the windows are in need of refurbishment and that a qualified contractor should assess the cost" or "there appear to be signs that the property is subsiding to the rear and a qualified structural engineer should survey the property to assess the extent of any movement".
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"... the tiling, flashings, parapets, rafters and chimney stacks.
Structure - a structural engineer to make sure that there is no movement in the building beyond the normal amount expected and that none of the walls are bulging.
Drainage - a specialist company that can place CCTV probes in the..."
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Chapter 20:
What a Property Survey Really Means
"... damp;
How to check more than a structural survey covers and pay less;
Why a sagging roof may not be a real issue;
How to handle subsidence, movement and bulging walls;
When to use a survey to renegotiate and when to keep quiet;
How to choose a good surveyor, and make sure the lender does..."
"... property on the market. It doesn't mean that you won't need to be getting out the filler yourself next year!
movement to expect in all older properties which have not been underpinned
The clay beneath the property contracts during a dry summer causing the property..."
"... fine!
Not sure and needs to be monitored
Monitoring needs to happen over several months because movement can be slow and the monitoring needs to assess if the property is moving up and down or is continuing to move in one direction.
If it is subsiding it will need to be underpinned...."
"...Underpinning for no good reason, however, is not advisable. If a property has a natural up-down movement that has not affected it over the last few decades caution should be drawn to messing with it. Although it may stabilise your property, if you are in a terrace it will then be out of synch with its neighbours who are still moving. This can cause wall cracking and roof damage.
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"... the property where the roots are sucking water constantly out of the soil
A concrete foundation is inserted underneath the property or parts of the property to halt the movement. This is known as underpinning
Bulging Walls -
There is one other type of movement. With all that..."
"...There is one other type of movement. With all that going up and down over the years some properties start to bulge out. This could also be caused by something like a heavy roof or a roof incorrectly supported or simply because the up and down movement is not happening to all of the property at the same time. In this case the wall will need to be pinned back in by tying it to a more stable wall in order to hold the property together!
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"... always be sought.
Bulging in the walls and one solution
One of the walls has started to move out in one particular point even though there is no unusual movement below the property
The unstable wall is tied with a steel rod to a more stable wall in order to stop..."
"... market was moving up.
The vendor eventually became frustrated and withdrew the contract from Diane's solicitor. Five weeks later he sold the property at the asking price and the survey from the new buyer made no mention of the tree or any movement in the property.
Diane ended up buying a..."
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