Homeowners face £11.5bn clean up

5 August 2011

Householders could face an £11.5bn bill for cleaning up contaminated land, says property search firm SearchFlow. Research by the firm reveals that 768,000 properties are on contaminated land and the cost of cleaning up the average contaminated plot is around £15,000.

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