direct to your inboxWhen Sean Callaghan and Adele Hunter bought their ‘forever’ home in Withington, they wanted to raise their two young children in the same area they had both grown up.But what they hadn’t planned for was tears, sleepless nights and a battle with the city council to save the very foundations the house is built on from crumbling away.Having had a bid accepted for their first home last July, the couple commissioned a survey of the property on the corner of Parsonage Road and Shireoak Road which unearthed several issues.A structural engineer told them the ground beneath the house was giving way due to a lack of moisture in the soil, causing visible cracks on the building itself.The cause of the subsidence was attributed to.
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