Hi guys,
Wanted some thoughts on this one.
have a property under contract well below market value that is a divorcee sale- however agent has just told me that the parkland next door an part of the street was a rubbish tip in the 1940's. it's been completely redeveloped for a long time now with residential housing and a parkland next door.
There are a few restrictions- all earthworks completed below half a metre on the site must be reported to local council.
All soil from the site needs to be taken to landfill.
This will be a buy a hold for the next 10 years with potential to develop the site at a later point after which.
calling council tomorrow to see if anything else I need to be aware of- I dont see any issue that it is on the site of an old tip- any thoughts?
I certainly wouldn't let the fact there was once a tip next door stop me from purchasing if the deal looked good. Go for it I say!
If you are going to develop it, there's a good chance that you'll need to dig deeper than half a metre. I'd check that out further.
See if you can look up the general soil classification for the area. Ie clay, sandy etc and that could give a indication of your footings depths for your building. But generally 600mm would cover most residential buildings. So you'd only be tipping 100mm of your footings. Prob wouldn't be much more then one skip worth of extra dumpage.
Dont go installing a swimming pool though
Dumps release fumes for decades. Good luck.
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