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God knows foundations matter
The Herald
|October 04, 2025
ONE of the scariest words you can hear after a house survey is: “There's a problem with the foundations.”
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> Concrete is poured into the foundations of a large private residential housing estate in the 80s
Walls can be repainted, roofs repaired; but if the foundations are faulty, everything is at risk.
Sometimes you even see dramatic photos of sinkholes, where a whole house suddenly collapses because there was nothing solid beneath it!
This story is from the October 04, 2025 edition of The Herald.
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