Hi everyone, just like to hear from you whether these gaps underneath the house are considered safe? Will the house sink or have other issues when construction is completed or many years in the future? Or are these actually normal?

Back of the house



Side of the house

house no sink.. the ground are consolidating/settle...

Holes can become rat condo. Of course soon their friends, the snakes will come.

Any new construction nearby? New road or condo nearby could caused land settlement

Of cuz the best is all sealed up..

This one later rain water will cause soil erosion inside..
Or rat or snake, or wadever..

Hope they'll seal it up later, construction is still on going. But if that's the only concern, then I'm fine with it, was more worried about the house getting damaged because of these gaps.

Not at the moment

Ofcuz this gap when grow bigger will be damaging to the house, like u will get crack.. or water seeping in, so the cement floor always wet wet feeling

Wait, I just did some google search on "ground settlement", but won't that lead to house sink and wall cracks?

Is there something I can do before VP?

Tell them lo.. make sure they seal it up by pouring in cement..
U know la.. short cut is just kasi do outside seal only. Hahaha

Normally terrace house is support by piling.. maybe 20m to 30m below the ground. so settlement rate will be different that unsupported soil. unless there's a massive ground movement, then your house should be ok...any river, dam, hill, water catchment area near your housing area?

This post has been edited by ukiya21: Mar 16 2025, 10:40 PM

The nearest river is about 400 meters away, is that gonna affect anything?

Same thing happened to my neighbor. There is a gap between the tar road and rear wall of the extended kitchen. Must be the result of soil movement.

During his 14 years stay, twice the floor tiles in ground floor exploded 💥💥. From kitchen to living room!
He only found out the gap appears after the tiles exploded ! He seldom survey back side of his house bcos rear door can't open ---> door frame tilted.

Twice he covered the gap with cement to prevent water goes in underneath his house. Contractor suspect hot weather causing hot air vaporation underground + soil movement --> tiles exploded!

Lol- best answer ever.

yes, if the house sink with the ground settle... then there will be no gap...
no gap dont mean no issue, means big issue..... lol



What will be the solultion? concrete/grout inject?

terrace houses in KV mostly do not sit on the soil itself, but sit on rc foundation

so the 'hole' wont bring any significant harm to your house

This post has been edited by Nanti Sekejap: Mar 19 2025, 04:18 PM