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Bought a house (good price) on a slab that has a kitchen floor that is,
for some reason, very uneven. Most of the kitchen floor (the eastern
two-thirds) is even but the ground under the slab must have moved after
the concrete was poured because the floor has a slope to it at one end.
It dips about a 1.5" - 2" at the west end of the kitchen, over a span
of 6 feet (sorry I'm not metric).

The house is brick outside and the brick is not cracked, nor is there
sign of other damage, like to the plaster. It literally looks like
they poured the slab (50 yrs ago) and that area of the slab had
insufficient support underneath. Maybe the ground was not compacted
properly.

Anywho this floor is ridiculous. If I do floor leveler to bring it up,
it will create a 1-2" step as you go thru the doorway into the dining
room, which would be ridiculous as well.

Previous owners just put linoleum down and probably spent decades
putting things under the table legs to even it out. Questions -

I would have a foundation or certified structural/civil engineer, paid by
the hour and not associated with a builder, look at it, before you level it.
It could be more serious than an uneven floor. Check to see that surfaces
around it, like the ceiling over it, has the same slope. If so, that area of
the house has settled and tilted, and may better be addressed by foundation
or floor leveling. If that area of the house has settled, then down the road
when you want to correct it, right up to the rafters, the "levelled" floor
will be pitched yet again so it is crooked.