Advice Needed - do you think this is a major issue?

[hztm2008]

Hi, really appreciate some advice. Daughter is looking to purchase a house on an estate that has a surface water removal system and associated water storage cells (this is all we know). We were told that there had been a problem with the property relating to the floor but the vendor denies this (but has recently laid a new wooden floor). We have noticed damage at the back of the house which looks like it is being flooded and would appreciate your views.

There is a car park area to the right of the picture and we are guessing that water is running down from here??

Our concern is whether our daughter should walk away from this property or whether this is something that could be fixed. It looks to us like the whole garden is dropping in towards the corner? Thanks for your advice.

 

[^woody^]

Get it professionally surveyed and commented on if she really wants it. Otherwise, she's lumbered after the purchase.

 

[theprinceofdarkness]

The garden does droop into the corner, so will get wet, Err, very wet. If the door on the left in the pics is built right directly over the DPC, then tracing this level around shows that the patio is over the DPC. The saving grace is that the ground level outside the garden gate seems to be lower. So moving the patio away from the wall and putting a trench against the wall, could results in most of the surface water being re-directed out under the garden gate. Modern build, no air bricks so I presume its a solid concrete floor, so the surface "floor boards" might have been damaged by flooding, but the first flooding point would have been the door at the left as its 6" lower.
Frank