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Default Need advice/Uneven concrete floor

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 -

Can I put laminate down over such an uneven surface ?

Would you level it anyway and accept the dropoff into the dining room ?

TIA !

 
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