Browse Forums Buying Land Re: soil test before purchase? 21Oct 10, 2014 9:45 am Cheap insurance you have got that right I have had clients purchase lots only to find out later that there was significant fill and of course not told anything by the agent thus massive site costs. Re: soil test before purchase? 22Nov 29, 2014 10:13 am But some developers seems to not let you do that before purchase. As they can probably sell the land regardless to other buyers, especially new developments when it's really popular. Re: soil test before purchase? 23Mar 27, 2015 4:03 pm It is necessary to know the existing pH and the availability of essential plant nutrients in the soil. Having too much or too little of these nutrients or limestone can be harmful to plant growth with Soil Testing. Thanks for Sharing. Re: soil test before purchase? 24Mar 27, 2015 4:56 pm We had a clause in contract subject to M Class soil or better or something along those lines. We paid about $320 for a soil test to be done. This also gave us peace of mind and helped when chosing builders to know what it was classed as etc because a lot only allow for a S class or something anything more is an extra PC eliminated any nasty surprises for us Re: soil test before purchase? 25Mar 27, 2015 5:00 pm Also make sure you ask the developer for a compaction Certificate. We almost got done over by a project builder on a previous build who did a soil test and classed it P due to fill. Wanted extra footings and all sorts. When I was able to produce a compaction Certificste they dropped the class back to M as engineered compaction can be better than natural and it was within the range to be better than natural compaction. What was worse was the soil sample was taken away from the house pad where fill was added there was no fill where house was going but of course they eyre on the side of caution I guess Re: soil test before purchase? 26Mar 27, 2015 5:04 pm poohbear leighton When a subdivision goes in the developer may fill some areas. This will be shown on the subdivision plan. You can check how much fill will be placed. Unlikely to be much fill, but make your contract subject to a soil test, just for safety. Well our disclosure plan showed that its a cut land whereas the lot nextdoor is a partially filled land. developer are not willing to go with subject to satisfactory soil test any ideas? Ask him if he would mind you doing a soil test as you would like to budget for the house to be constructed. Then have a subject to finance clause. Then do the soil test and if it's bad then use the finance clause to get out of the contract of it's good then you know and can use it when negotiating with builders about site costs. Thanks for your reply. I will just wait and see I guess. Trying to get some more information from our builder. 9 30236 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37085 Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12320 |