Surface water flood risk - would you buy this?

[JustAnotherQueston]

Would you buy this house? It's a new build in the garage and garden of the house marked with the X.

The risk is from the garden. The road itself has filled once but it never reached the houses. And cleared in a few hours.

No

That looks like a flood plain, have you had it surveyed?

Not surveyed yet. But I am wondering if I am just wasting my time

The house is lovely.

As a new build there should be detailed work done to alleviate surface water flooding. Ask the planning authority about what was required. Just because an area flooded in the past it doesn’t mean it will now if work has been done. SUDS is what you should ask about. It could take the form of planted marsh areas, grassed depressions to collect water and preferably fewer hard standing areas for parking. The plan you have probably refers to flooding prior to any development and flood prevention work.

The plan you have probably refers to flooding prior to any development and flood prevention work.

This is what I am holding on to. The plan doesn't show the house at all - so hopefully work will have been done!

I will check for SUDS , thanks

I wouldn't go anywhere near it.

Our house flagged up for high risk surface water flooding. We got an additional flood survey by Landmark for £35 & it was very helpful. It downgraded the risk to moderate & looked more closely at our actual house, the terrain, the slope the land was on etc. It assessed the moderate risk as further down the moderate hill the estate is on & our house itself to be low. If you got one & your house flagged as still high, they have additional surveys you can buy as well. Might be worth considering for £35 and takes 48 hours.

We also looked very closely at planning permission on the local council website. New builds have quite strict drainage criteria to meet. Ours has a SUDs measures.

My only concern is that you know the road in front has flooded.. I know ours hasn’t in recent times, one of my best friends has lived on the road for 10 years. I think I’d be a bit worried if I knew it had previously flooded to be honest!

No. Not with climate change as it is.

Thanks all.

I looked up the SUDS and it seems there should be three soakaways, permeable driveway and patio as well as rain water butts.

I have asked our solicitors about it and asked for advance flood reports.

Let's see...