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Using Met Office Data to Predict Subsidence Events

Oct 30, 2025

Using Met Office Data to Predict Subsidence Events

For decades, insurers have seen occasional yearly spikes in subsidence claims These spikes typically follow major dry weather events and have ...

What to Look for When Buying a Home

Oct 30, 2025

What to Look for When Buying a Home

Buying a house is one of the most important things you’ll ever do; it will also be one of the biggest investments you’ll ever make, so it’s ...

Geobear’s Infrastructure Manager, Darren Turns to His Residential Colleagues for Help with Subsidence at Home

Oct 30, 2025

Geobear’s Infrastructure Manager, Darren Turns to His Residential Colleagues for Help with Subsidence at Home

Geobear’s Infrastructure Manager for the North, Darren Scott, was concerned about the presence of cracks around the bay window of his home.

What Is A Certificate Of Structural Adequacy?

Oct 30, 2025

What Is A Certificate Of Structural Adequacy?

A certificate of structural adequacy (CSA) is a document issued following the completion of remedial works for subsidence.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind – How a Broken Drain Can Cause You Major Headaches

Feb 14, 2024

Out of Sight, Out of Mind – How a Broken Drain Can Cause You Major Headaches

Most people don’t give much thought to the drains and pipes underneath and around their property. However, if they become damaged and start leaking, ...

Cost of Living Crisis & Home Maintenance

Apr 07, 2022

Cost of Living Crisis & Home Maintenance

From Friday, 1st April, energy providers were allowed to increase their variable gas and electricity tariffs. It is said to be the biggest rise in ...

Subsidence? No Problem. Get Ready to Buy & Sell This Spring

Apr 11, 2021

Subsidence? No Problem. Get Ready to Buy & Sell This Spring

According to historical data, Spring is the most popular time to buy and sell. The Easter break is known to be a great time for those looking to buy ...

Duties of a Landlord: Property Disrepair

Dec 28, 2020

Duties of a Landlord: Property Disrepair

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 came into force on 20th March 2019. It is designed to ensure that all rented accommodation is fit ...

Household Spending & Coronavirus

Nov 15, 2020

Household Spending & Coronavirus

The 2020 pandemic & finances The 2020 Coronavirus pandemic has devastated economies across the world and left people extremely stressed about ...

Lockdown Summer: The Ideal Time to Renovate Your Home

Jul 08, 2020

Lockdown Summer: The Ideal Time to Renovate Your Home

In these unprecedented times, it will be a very different summer from what we are accustomed to. In previous years, most of our time was spent ...

5 Essential Home Checks to Make During the Lockdown

May 06, 2020

5 Essential Home Checks to Make During the Lockdown

Subsidence is a homeowner’s worst nightmare (learn more about what subsidence is). It can affect the structural safety of your home and its value. We ...

It Looks Set to Be A Cracking Summer

Apr 16, 2020

It Looks Set to Be A Cracking Summer

The Meteorological Office Rainfall and Evaporation Calculation System (MORECS) is calculated from daily values of hours of sunshine, air temperature, ...

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