Shared drainage - help please
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Evening all,
I'm just about to buy a house and have found out that it has shared drainage with the house next door. Our drain pipe runs under the garden and the fence into next door's garden where the junction is - it then flows from their garden to the mains. Is this common, and could there be any problems in the future?
Thanks a lot for any help
I'm just about to buy a house and have found out that it has shared drainage with the house next door. Our drain pipe runs under the garden and the fence into next door's garden where the junction is - it then flows from their garden to the mains. Is this common, and could there be any problems in the future?
Thanks a lot for any help
JayP1 said:
Evening all,
I'm just about to buy a house and have found out that it has shared drainage with the house next door. Our drain pipe runs under the garden and the fence into next door's garden where the junction is - it then flows from their garden to the mains. Is this common, and could there be any problems in the future?
Thanks a lot for any help
Yes and yes.I'm just about to buy a house and have found out that it has shared drainage with the house next door. Our drain pipe runs under the garden and the fence into next door's garden where the junction is - it then flows from their garden to the mains. Is this common, and could there be any problems in the future?
Thanks a lot for any help
It is common!
I have exactly the same.
However I would assume any costs due to repairs might be more expensive for you. I believe you would be responsible for your drain until it connects to his then you would share costs on the shared part!
Thats how mines works anyway! I'm second in a chain of 6. So my neighbour through the wall pays for his part to my drain. We then go equal onto the next manhole. Then its a third and so on!
I have exactly the same.
However I would assume any costs due to repairs might be more expensive for you. I believe you would be responsible for your drain until it connects to his then you would share costs on the shared part!
Thats how mines works anyway! I'm second in a chain of 6. So my neighbour through the wall pays for his part to my drain. We then go equal onto the next manhole. Then its a third and so on!
Very common, particularly on terraced housing. I live in an end of terrace cottage and the drains from the four neighbouring houses all run into mine, then down the side of my house to the road. It's ok until there's a problem I guess, although in reality it shouldn't be much of an issue.
I did hear a while back that there was a change in the law meaning that local water companies would have to adopt responsibility for shared drains like this, so it could be the case that it's no longer an issue. My memory could be playing tricks though.
I did hear a while back that there was a change in the law meaning that local water companies would have to adopt responsibility for shared drains like this, so it could be the case that it's no longer an issue. My memory could be playing tricks though.
herbialfa said:
It is common!
I have exactly the same.
However I would assume any costs due to repairs might be more expensive for you. I believe you would be responsible for your drain until it connects to his then you would share costs on the shared part!
Thats how mines works anyway! I'm second in a chain of 6. So my neighbour through the wall pays for his part to my drain. We then go equal onto the next manhole. Then its a third and so on!
Thank you. I am basically buying a house where a developer has split the original plot in half and is building a new house next door - it will be this house which connects to the mains sewer, and mine flows into his. The thing is, the developer's solicitor has asked for a clause in the deeds whereby I grant access to the owner of this new house to be able to access my plot for drain maintenance. I have exactly the same.
However I would assume any costs due to repairs might be more expensive for you. I believe you would be responsible for your drain until it connects to his then you would share costs on the shared part!
Thats how mines works anyway! I'm second in a chain of 6. So my neighbour through the wall pays for his part to my drain. We then go equal onto the next manhole. Then its a third and so on!
First of all, is this a good idea to grant this (sounds like it isn't), and secondly, shouldn't it be me requesting this access given that mine flows into his rather than the other way around?
i've got this with my neighbours on both sides, my adjoining neighbour drains into mine which drains into a common point/basin where the other neighbour also joins & from this there is a pipe into the public sewer.
had a problem a few months ago with a blockage in the common point (before the sewer) where all 3 of us were experiencing problems, called the water company who were worse than useless in telling us what was wrong, where the problem was & whos responsibility it was.
the long & short of it, drainage problems are your responsibility (& cost) up to the point where it joins the public sewer so any costs in fixing bits up to that point will in my case be split between me & my 2 neighbours. (luckily in our case we know for next time we have a serving fireman with access to large pumps & 4 sets of drain rods between us)
S
had a problem a few months ago with a blockage in the common point (before the sewer) where all 3 of us were experiencing problems, called the water company who were worse than useless in telling us what was wrong, where the problem was & whos responsibility it was.
the long & short of it, drainage problems are your responsibility (& cost) up to the point where it joins the public sewer so any costs in fixing bits up to that point will in my case be split between me & my 2 neighbours. (luckily in our case we know for next time we have a serving fireman with access to large pumps & 4 sets of drain rods between us)
S
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