Historic movement - floor levels

[Em2122]

We have had a survey come back saying there is historic movement, the floor is abit uneven on the ground rear and on the landing on the first floor. Should we back out? The house is over 100 years old, I don’t know if all other houses will be the same?

Will building insurance be sky high?

I would imagine most 100+ year old houses have some degree of historic movement. We have a Victorian houses and plenty of the floors slope or sag somewhat. The whole centre of the house is lower than the sides. Same in most period houses I’ve been in. The key thing is whether it is truly historic or whether there is an ongoing cause so it might happen again/more.

Historic movement is fine. Standard in older properties, it means that there was movement, years ago, but no evidence of recent movement.

Thanks for the reply. It says historic but how do they for sure it is completely historic. There weren’t any cracks but could they have been plastered over?

You need to understand if possible when it occurred. The important thing is if it is now stable.

Houses this aged often had very shallow foundations, sometimes just a 2-3 brick depth and frequently were fine and stable until something like a tree growing nearby sucked water out of the ground and then brought subsidence.