What mining or subsidence search results should buyers keep on file?

Past extraction affects value risk

Conveyancers commission searches that show mining legacy and sometimes natural subsidence context. Keep the final report with your purchase file.

Why retention matters

Future lenders or insurers may ask the same question again. A dated search avoids duplicate cost if nothing changed.

Practical tip

Save the PDF your conveyancer supplied, note the search provider, and keep any follow-up interpretive letter.

If remedial works were done after historic movement, keep structural engineer correspondence too.

Using Property Passport UK

Start from the address on [Property Search](/search). When you own or manage the home, [claim your Property Passport](/claim/start) and upload Documents with clear dates and sources. Browse more explainers in the [Property Guides library](/guides). This article is general information, not legal, tax, mortgage, or survey advice.