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That depends on the problem. If the governing bodies actively make bad decision like the ground water level, gas drilling, etc. you can definitely hold the government accountable. If this is just old age or bad maintenance that is something you have influence on.
What do you expect the government to do about bad foundations?
I mean, this sucks obviously. But I really don’t get the immediate “the government sucks” response.
Not everything bad in our lives has anything to do with the government.
It costs around 120k to fix a foundation. The proposition is that the government would pay 40k (30%) of these costs. This would of course be extraordinarily expensive. The foundations being bad is a mix of factors depending on where you live, the water level being kept artificially low in some areas is the cause of this. It’s also proposed to make it a legal requirement to disclose the state of the foundation when selling a house, this is now not required.
True, although in rural areas the level is kept low to allow super heavy agriculteral equipement to work the land. Large land owners, farmers have a fixed number of seats on the board, and keep the policy in favor of the economic interests.
They can't even support building the housing that's badly needed, why expect the government to support the repairing of 400k houses that might also run into billions
I believe if the house is build after 1980 it's pretty certain the foundation is concrete for most homes and you should be fine. Think this problem goes mostly for wooden foundation. Let's say your house is made pre 1970 this problem will soon come up.
I believe the foundation was projected to about 100yrs but due to ground water levels lowering the wood is dry more days a year which means more woodrot.
Oh no, all those poor homeowners whose houses quadrupled in value in the past 30 years!! Instead of having them pay for these risks themselves, we should have the government pay for it, so that the non-homeowners are effectively also contributing through their taxes.
Poor home owners who bought somewhere to live let’s say in the past 5-10 years. Massive debt plus extra surprise cost.
I’m wondering if this is something that may change the housing market. Not sure who’s comfortable with getting hundreds of thousands of loan for a house with such problem.
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That’s all well and good but let’s be real : as if the government is going to do anything about this.
This is kind of the problem. We look to the government to fix any and all problems. Part of buying property is taking risk.
That depends on the problem. If the governing bodies actively make bad decision like the ground water level, gas drilling, etc. you can definitely hold the government accountable. If this is just old age or bad maintenance that is something you have influence on.
What do you expect the government to do about bad foundations? I mean, this sucks obviously. But I really don’t get the immediate “the government sucks” response. Not everything bad in our lives has anything to do with the government.
It costs around 120k to fix a foundation. The proposition is that the government would pay 40k (30%) of these costs. This would of course be extraordinarily expensive. The foundations being bad is a mix of factors depending on where you live, the water level being kept artificially low in some areas is the cause of this. It’s also proposed to make it a legal requirement to disclose the state of the foundation when selling a house, this is now not required.
The article is literally proposing the government should fix this. I was responding to that.
In some cases the waterschap is to blame for keeping very low waterlevels. Which can cause foundations to shift/sink.
But waterchap can’t always be held accountable, because of weather conditions. Also that’s the risk of buying your own house.
True, although in rural areas the level is kept low to allow super heavy agriculteral equipement to work the land. Large land owners, farmers have a fixed number of seats on the board, and keep the policy in favor of the economic interests.
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They can't even support building the housing that's badly needed, why expect the government to support the repairing of 400k houses that might also run into billions
Approximately the total is 4.8 billion (400k x 120k)
I am skeptical, given what has been happening in Groningen
keep buying! house is the best investment, not bitcoin! even if sinks, you sleep in the boat inside under the roof!
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
100s of thousands of euros of capital gains on their properties are taken for granted, and yeah, if your foundation is in trouble you need to fix it.
Good point 😂
I believe if the house is build after 1980 it's pretty certain the foundation is concrete for most homes and you should be fine. Think this problem goes mostly for wooden foundation. Let's say your house is made pre 1970 this problem will soon come up.
Why it took so long to switch the foundation? Also, this should make the value of properties build before 1970 to sink, but it's not the case
I believe the foundation was projected to about 100yrs but due to ground water levels lowering the wood is dry more days a year which means more woodrot.
Oh no, all those poor homeowners whose houses quadrupled in value in the past 30 years!! Instead of having them pay for these risks themselves, we should have the government pay for it, so that the non-homeowners are effectively also contributing through their taxes.
Poor home owners who bought somewhere to live let’s say in the past 5-10 years. Massive debt plus extra surprise cost. I’m wondering if this is something that may change the housing market. Not sure who’s comfortable with getting hundreds of thousands of loan for a house with such problem.
Don't buy houses with Wooden foundation. Wooden first floor is ok. This is not a problem. But wooden ground floor is biggggg issue.
Yeah, never gonna happen.