Sloping floor in flat in olde building - need I be concerned?

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Looking at first floor flat conversion in a large old house. Floor in lounge has a slope - checked this out with a coin that rolled. What should I be concerned about. Old victorian semi - v high ceilings.

Subsidence is a concern. It could be settlement which happened decades ago with no further movement or it could be ongoing. Are there any visible cracks? Is the area known for subsidence? Is there coal mining in the area for example?

I’d not be keen tbh, and you might struggle to get insurance. If you want to go ahead, you need a good surveyor to have a detailed look at it.

Wow that would be a big issue. The current BTL owner looks to have bought it v cheaply only 3 years ago and it looks under priced. Can I ask the EA to ask the owner if this has come up in the past - to save me paying out for a survey. Haven’t seen any cracks but haven’t looked. How would I know if it was an area for subs? It’s in central London

we live in exactly this kind of property, we have the upstairs flat and the floors and walls are uneven. Just had 5 new doors put in and every one hung at a different angle! We have levelled out the kitchen floor but just put up with the rest.

Is it always subsidence ? Is it a problem to live with day to day and how do you level out a floor?

It's not always subsidence. Sometimes it's rot in the supporting beams.

How old is it? Ours is old and listed and no floor or wall is even. It's the norm for all buildings when building skills were rather different. No subsidence here. Simply the way it was built.

It's the norm for old buildings not all buildings.

Our old stone house has a very significant sloping floor. It can be perfectly normal- but it could also be a huge warning sign.
Don't avoid paying for a proper survey- although maybe ask ea and talk to other residents before getting it?
Personally I'd be suspicious of a lack of cracks.
To fix ours we will be removing all floors and ceilings, tying the walls together and replacing everything (we bought planning to do this). Until then my furniture is evened up by books and bits of wood

Probably built in 1870? Bloody hell - rot in the beams !!! What sort of survey would pick this up?

Can I ask the EA to ask the vendor to provide any survey that they did when they bought 3 years ago?

Get a structural survey done. We did. Our beams aren't rotting and our house isn't subsidising, 😂 wonky floors and walls are very common in old properties, but yes, have a structural done.

It’s not always subsidence, could be bad building, could be a one off settlement that happened years ago but if it’s cheap too that would set even more alarm bells ringing. I’d walk away at this point.

We had this in one room. Turned out the joists had rotted. However previous owners had actually fixed that by adding new joists and reinforcing the floor, but hadn't finished the job by levelling it afterwards. So it was perfectly safe but we've decided to fix it anyway. Just get a survey.