House damage due to potholes/road damage

[Patron]

Hi new on the forum, live near Dulwich library on Lordship Lane. Currently experiencing cracks to my interior walls due to potholes/road damage and heavy traffic, I can literally feel my house shake. Anyone else experiencing these issues? I have reported the potholes to Southwark Council and still awaiting a response.

[Nigello]

Yea - house shakes are real. It could be heavy vehicles or just the volume of traffic. I’ve an email history of my complaints to Southwark Council, including the head of highways, stating that should I need to repair anything I shall hold it at least partly responsible as no action was taken to reduce the throughput of large, heavy vehicles (by means of width restriction or camera, etc.) Unrepaired speed bumps are also to blame.

[Penguin68]

...as are very heavy vehicles (i.e. skip lorries) going over speed humps or other obstructions too fast, causing them to bounce! My garden wall has had its mortar shaken out by this.

[Amberob]

Yep, I live on lordship lane and my bedroom is at the front of the house. Falling asleep to simulated earthquakes is a nightly occurrence. Lots of cracks in ceilings/walls which are def caused by the volume of heavy vehicles shooting past at night

[heartblock]

Southwark will not do anything about it - have had the same issue with a speed bump - all three properties that complained that 7 years of the 'new' speed-bump have caused damage to 130-year-old previously sound properties - and have all had to make repairs to walls and windows - Southwark refuse to admit it is due to the speed-bump and vibrations from buses, HGVs and skip-carriers.

[Lynne]

More traffic on LL too, caused by "traffic calming" road closures