Search24 provide environmental
reports for all property and land within England & Wales
usually within 72 hours. Environmental reports are now becoming
as important to have as the local authority search due to the
increase in use of former industrial lands
and landfill sites as well as the increase in legislation governing
the responsibility on buyers for the land they purchase. The
residential environmental search report is called Envirosearch.
Why an environmental search? For the buyer/investor:
• Obtaining these before exchange will protect you from risks that the search will not find on an inspection, thus protecting you from future reselling problems, claims and unforeseen potential health problems (e.g. gas leakages from building on former waste sites)
• The report is guaranteed to be the best available on the market with all information sourced through official channels.
• If the original polluter cannot be found then the homeowner may be liable for the clean up costs or in the worse case scenario, homes with a question mark over them will be impossible to sell on or create health problems.
For the solicitor:
• Obtaining these before exchange will protect the solicitor from risks they could not detect from an inspection, thus protecting from future negligence claim
• The law society’s warning card on contaminated land outlines the importance of carrying out environmental due diligence to protect your clients best interest.
• Reports are written in simple terms to ensure complete understanding.
• Support numbers for clarity are provided.
• The normal caveat emptor principle applies – if your clients purchases land without carrying out the environmental investigation they could be liable for the clean up costs of pollution created by their predecessors. This report will protect against potential writs for negligent conveyancing.
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