Flood Risk Assessment For Home Buyers
Speak To A Specialist Speak To A SpecialistAround “one in six” properties in England are considered at risk of flooding.
Whether you’re looking to secure planning for a change of use or extension, secure insurance or a mortgage, or just want to be confident of the risks before you buy, our experts are here to help.
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Professional, accurate, and reliable
Ashfield provides professional, accurate, and reliable flood reports for property to help you understand the flood risk and give you the confidence to make that important property purchase or investment decision.
Ashfield has worked in partnership with Future Climate Info to design the most effective appraisal of flood risk available within the legal conveyancing market.
We provide flood risk assessments for homebuyers and homeowners, as well as property investors, business owners and architects.
What’s included in your property flood review report?
Ashfield will first assess your site location against all major potential sources of flood risk. From there, we’ll explain how any identified risk may impact the existing property in the context of your specific requirements.
Flood risk cannot always be fully negated. However, this doesn’t mean your property purchase or investment should be abandoned. Ashfield can undertake an additional physical property survey and flood mitigation options appraisal if required.
Our property flood report combines the best available flood risk data with unparalleled insight by Ashfield. For homebuyers, the outcomes will place you in the most informed position and help maximise the value of a property over its lifetime.
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This report provides an independent and thorough desktop-level appraisal by a qualified and highly experienced flood risk consultant. This will include undertaking the following:
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1. Local topography review:
Analysis of the local topography, property door thresholds and external property ground levels, and how this may influence flood risk at or near the property.
2. Flood mapping data:
Detailed review of flood mapping data available at time of report production to cross-check and further verify the accuracy of the depicted risk.
3. Flood history check:
Enhanced flood history search of local flood records and reports that may be relevant to your property location.
4. Flood defences:
Provide an overview of any information that can be found relating to local flood defence infrastructure and how this may help reduce risk at the property.
5. Planning data search:
Search for relevant reports for the property itself and areas nearby, which may provide information that can further refine the understanding of flood risk.
6. Insurability:
Highlighting where property insurability may or may not be problematic and ways of overcoming this.
7. Forward actions:
Provide helpful, realistic and property-specific recommendations and actions that can be taken to manage any highlighted risk or where you may wish to further investigate the risk of flooding at your property in greater detail.
8. Professional opinion:
The provision of an overarching professional opinion by a qualified flood risk consultant.
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Why choose Ashfield for property flood reports?
1. Quick turnaround: Traditional flood consultant reports can take four to six weeks to turn around. The Property Flood Review report can be turned around within three working days.
2. Right first-time approach: You can be confident that further reports or investigations will only be recommended if absolutely necessary.
3. Confidence: Knowing that a qualified flood consultant has analysed the best available data sources and provided the most comprehensive answers to inform your decision.
4. Expertise & experience: Many of our experts have 20+ years of experience working with flood risk to design the most effective appraisal of flood risk available within the legal conveyancing market.
5. Refinement: We use several different data sources, providing valid reasoning as to which one depicts the most accurate picture of risk at the property.
6. Empathy & trust: Your Property Flood Review report is written by an expert from Ashfield Solutions, one of the most trusted flood consulting SMEs in the UK with a wealth of experience in desktop flood risk evaluation for both residential and commercial property transactions.
7. Additional support: Where flood risk cannot be fully understood or reduced at desktop level, you have the option of an on-site flood risk survey for an additional cost (from £250+ VAT), undertaken by a qualified consultant.
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How it works
To find the flood risk of a property, we follow a streamlined process that keeps our clients informed at every step.
Step 1
Get in touch
Get in touch with your property or site location details, specifying the service you require.
Step 2
Flood risk assessment
We’ll respond promptly with more information about the service, how it works, and any other information we may need from you.
Step 3
Report delivery
Once we have all the information needed, we will prepare a formal proposal for your review, clearly indicating all fixed costs and anticipated timescales.
Step 4
Follow-up support
After reviewing and approving our proposal, you can relax while we proceed with the outlined works on your behalf.
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Home buyer case studies from Ashfield
Our flood risk experts have helped homebuyers secure properties flagged at risk of flooding by the local planning authorities. Browse our case studies below, including an example of where we downgraded the perceived flood risk of a property in Plymouth. This encouraged the homebuyer to follow through with their purchase, leading to a satisfied solicitor and buyer!
FAQs: Flood report for property
What is a property flood report?
A property flood risk report evaluates the likelihood of flooding, taking into account historical data and future predictions.
How long does it take to get a property flood report?
Thanks to our streamlined process, we can complete a flood report for property in five working days. We pair the most comprehensive flood data search with efficient report completion. This makes us a trusted flood risk consultant for homebuyers.
How much does a property flood report cost?
The cost of a flood report from Ashfield Solutions starts from £250 +VAT. The price can depend on the size of the property or assessment area and whether the report is residential or commercial.
What areas do you cover?
We cover the whole of England and Wales, and have a proficient understanding of the nuances between managing flood risk in the different territories.
How accurate are your flood reports?
By using the most up-to-date mapping and data, we can offer the most effective and accurate reports of flood risk within the legal conveyancing market.