Not very solid.

When we were looking to buy the house - there were several feet of snow around the property. Regardless of this, on first inspection of the crawl space/foundation, we had quite a few concerns. There were a few tree branches propping up the floor; the railway sleepers holding up the house were rotten, and there was a significant amount of soil collapsing into the crawl space. We knew there were issues with subsidence, because there were a few cracked windows upstairs and a few cracks in the walls. However........

View from 'garage' into crawl space

View of the crawl space - a few sticks propping up the floor, and to the left some soil which has fallen in!

Close up of the supporting stick.......mmmnnn - reassuring?

....it wasn't until the snow had melted that we realised there actually was a huge hole, where the soil and wall holding up the side of the house had fallen in, and where you could see daylight peeking through (in fact you could probably crawl through it - our own crawl space!!). It was boarded up with cardboard ?? Very practical.

Our very own escape route. Somewhat concerning to us.

As you can see.............even though the inside of the house is somewhat dated, pretty ghastly and uninhabitable right now - the foundation is our number one priority !! Our trusty contractor Trent started work on 23rd August - the plan - lift the house, pour some cement, give us an unfinished basement and a solid foundation !!! Lets hope the plan works, and doesn't fall down around us......