{"id":2591,"date":"2011-02-09T15:02:16","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T15:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2011-02-09T15:02:16","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T15:02:16","slug":"coastal-erosion-and-residential-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/02\/09\/coastal-erosion-and-residential-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastal erosion and residential property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1355185\/On-brink-Luxury-mansion-just-ONE-METRE-cliff-edge-landslides-dump-garden-sea.html?ito=feeds-newsxml\">Daily Mail has an interesting article<\/a> (surely the first time I have used that phrase) on a cottage in South Dawlish in Devon, UK that is threatened by coastal erosion.\u00a0 According to the article, the house changed hands 18 months ago for \u00a31.75 million, since when it has suffered two cliff collapse events, the most recent of which has left the back of the (let&#8217;s face it, spectacular) property just 1 m from the cliff edge:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/02\/11_02-Dawlish-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2592\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/02\/11_02-Dawlish-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/02\/11_02-Dawlish-1.jpg 634w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/02\/11_02-Dawlish-1-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The potential threat to the house is best shown by this image, taken before the most recent collapse:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/02\/11_02-Dawlish-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2593\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/02\/11_02-Dawlish-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/02\/11_02-Dawlish-2.jpg 634w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2011\/02\/11_02-Dawlish-2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The newspaper report states that<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<span>Planners approved the development in  2005 with a number of conditions including a full geotechnical report to  ensure the future stability of the cliff which would not be affected by  the property&#8217;s construction.\u00a0 A Teignbridge Council spokesman said all conditions were met by the original applicant to allow the house to be built.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Although I cannot speak for the specifics of this case in any way, in  general insurance does not cover houses lost to coastal erosion or  landslides in the UK.\u00a0 I suspect 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