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October 6, 2026
Blog, Flood Risk, Homebuyers

Seeing a flood risk flag during conveyancing can feel like a deal‑breaker, but it rarely needs to be. Across the UK, thousands of homes sit within mapped flood zones, and many of them have never flooded. The key is understanding what the risk actually means for the specific property you want to buy. Here at Ashfield Solutions, we help homebuyers every week who are facing this exact question, and most simply need clearer, property‑specific insight before deciding whether to proceed. Flood...

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March 21, 2024
Business, Homebuyers

Identifying if your land is contaminated and assessing the associated risk is often an essential part of obtaining planning permission or entering into a property transaction. Since contaminated land can be detrimental to human health, the water environment and property, it’s paramount to recognise when land presents unacceptable risk and how to deal with it to move your project forward. What does contaminated land mean? Contaminated land refers to soil, groundwater, or surface water that has been polluted by human activities, such...

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