Do you know your flood risk?

Homecheck Professional launches the most comprehensive flood report for residential property.

As the insurance bill from families and businesses hit by recent floods exceeds £2 billion, Homecheck Professional, Britain’s leading provider of environmental reports, has unveiled the UK’s most comprehensive flood report for homeowners.

According to Homecheck Professional and the Environment Agency, up to 5 million people, in 2 million properties across England and Wales could be at risk from flooding. What’s more, despite the government’s efforts, property, land and assets to the value of £214 billion will remain at risk of flooding in the future says Landmark.

The new Homecheck Professional Flood Report is unique, featuring not only data from the Environment Agency, and Norwich Union (the UK’s biggest flood insurers), but also featuring records of actual flood claims in the local area.

James Sherwood-Rogers, Managing Director of Landmark Legal & Financial comments: “This is the first time such detailed flood information has been available to homeowners and buyers. Our newly updated flood reports are designed to help people gauge the potential flood risk of their property. It is of particular use to people in the process of buying a home and who want to know the risks before they purchase. In a flood risk area, insurance cover can be high – or even unavailable.”

With the changing climate, the increasing amount of housing built in flood prone areas, and insurance company’s wariness of taking on flood prone properties, we believe that this unique flood report will save people money, and more importantly, a lot of stress and heart-ache.”

The flood report costs £12 and is available through your solicitor or conveyancer, or direct from landmarkinfo.co.uk.