Newbie here. Hi!
I am interested in buying a house in an area which is full of hills and valleys. Many of the houses are built on areas of land which have been cut into mountain sides. The house in question is an end-of-terrace, where the side wall is also synonymous with the boundary to the plot of land (therefore any access to this side wall will have to be with the permission of the next-door neighbour). The topography is such that the entire terrace of houses is raised on a 9 foot high platform made of stone. Despite this elevation the internal floor level of the house is about 4 feet lower than the external ground level of the adjacent terrace of houses. Essentially the lower 4 feet of the entire side wall of this house is "wrapped" in the next door neighbours garden. There is no smell of damp in the house. How concerned should I be with this phenomenon? The house is around 100 years old.
Thanks : )
I am interested in buying a house in an area which is full of hills and valleys. Many of the houses are built on areas of land which have been cut into mountain sides. The house in question is an end-of-terrace, where the side wall is also synonymous with the boundary to the plot of land (therefore any access to this side wall will have to be with the permission of the next-door neighbour). The topography is such that the entire terrace of houses is raised on a 9 foot high platform made of stone. Despite this elevation the internal floor level of the house is about 4 feet lower than the external ground level of the adjacent terrace of houses. Essentially the lower 4 feet of the entire side wall of this house is "wrapped" in the next door neighbours garden. There is no smell of damp in the house. How concerned should I be with this phenomenon? The house is around 100 years old.
Thanks : )