.....earth taken out from the underneath of the house nextdoor bother you

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For underpinning and basement flap purposes apparently.

BTW the house in question is 110 years old lol

 

Only if it was raining heavily for a period of time...

 

What like it has been today you mean lol.

The picture is not too clear, but the pile is about 10-11ft high, about 30ft across and goes back about 20-30ft too

 

What's a basement flap?

 

I'd be concerned if the contractor didn't turn up next week

 

I'd be concerned if the hole in the ground is close to your house, say within 10 feet, and if the hole goes deeper than the foundations of your house. If this is the case, it could compromse the structure of your home. If the ground is soft from rain for example, and unless the walls of the hole is suitabily reinforeced, there is a possibily that the soil will move into the direction of the hole and cause subsidence to your home. The longer the hole is left unreinforeced, the greater the risk that this may happen.

 

See now we are talking. The hole starts about 8ft from my house. And its REALLY raining right now lol.
Its being done by a proper company, so guess they know what they are doing, and if not, are suitably insured

As for a flap, its like a flat, but there is a lot of fuss about making it,...... hence a flap :P

OK it was a typo

 

110 years old? does it even have foundations? Personaly I would be worried, but its not something I know anything about, so that in itself woud have me wondering

^ that is no help at all really :|

 

You should certainly enquire about the integrity of your own property. My guess would be that plans were drawn up by a surveyor and there would be drawings showing boundaries for excavation etc. It wouldn't be beyond the realms of possibility that the contractor is cheerfully ignoring all these if it suits him.

I would also be inclined to take some more photos, ideally with some posts/walls in the picture, so you can determine distances for any later disputes.

Also keep a very close eye on things. As indicated above you have to be a bit careful with groundworks as you just can't be sure of what's underneath and that can effect neighbouring properties.

In the first instance I would ask whoever seems to be in charge of the work and take it from there.

Is your house the same age? dl

 

Bump, finally found this thread