Damaged pathway - how much could council charge us to fix?
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Property we're looking to buy has a willow tree right at the front of the garden. We're going to get it felled anyway, once we're in.
But it's roots have already damaged the pathway running around the side and front of the house (public footback between property and the two roads). Now our solicitors tell us there's no "indemnity policies" for this that the vendor could purchase, and I rate the chances of us getting a guarantee from the vendor as about on par with snowballs and hell.
So...before we go into this...how much would the council typically sting the owners for, for repairing the pathway due to damage caused by a tree on the owners land?
But it's roots have already damaged the pathway running around the side and front of the house (public footback between property and the two roads). Now our solicitors tell us there's no "indemnity policies" for this that the vendor could purchase, and I rate the chances of us getting a guarantee from the vendor as about on par with snowballs and hell.
So...before we go into this...how much would the council typically sting the owners for, for repairing the pathway due to damage caused by a tree on the owners land?
mgtony said:
Have you had a survey and drain survey to check it hasn't done the same to the house?
Main survey - yes.Drain survey - no. But it's far-corner of the garden (10m?) and is ~15y.o., so shouldn't be a big deal - no visible impact on the house at all yet.
Thanks for the replies - hopefully once it's gone it will be a case of "oh, I wonder how THAT happened?!? Nope, wasn't us!"
(Makes mental note to delete thread...and then employ a hit-man to kill the posters above!
)Assuming you go ahead with the purchase and subsequent felling of the tree, it might be worth ensuring that your tree surgeon has a few guys with him to get the tree on the ground as soon as possible - just in case there are tree huggers in the vicinity.
A willow is likely to regrow if you're leaving the roots.
NDA said:
Assuming you go ahead with the purchase and subsequent felling of the tree, it might be worth ensuring that your tree surgeon has a few guys with him to get the tree on the ground as soon as possible - just in case there are tree huggers in the vicinity.
A willow is likely to regrow if you're leaving the roots.
I've checked - there are no TPOs in that area. And if any of the neighbours are that foolish, well, it'll be an interesting introduction to me, eh?!? A willow is likely to regrow if you're leaving the roots.
Hmmmmm,
6 Men Labour (One to do the work, five to lean on shovels and watch)
Approx 6 days worth of work
-one for someone to survey it
-one for someone to spray paint on it
-one for someone to put barriers up
-one to dig up the path
-one to reinstate the path
-and a final day to remove the barriers and clean up
10 ton of tarmac ( as guesstimated by the surveyor)
You'll be looking at approx £24000, probably.
Say nothing and deny all!
6 Men Labour (One to do the work, five to lean on shovels and watch)
Approx 6 days worth of work
-one for someone to survey it
-one for someone to spray paint on it
-one for someone to put barriers up
-one to dig up the path
-one to reinstate the path
-and a final day to remove the barriers and clean up
10 ton of tarmac ( as guesstimated by the surveyor)
You'll be looking at approx £24000, probably.
Say nothing and deny all!
DJFish said:
We're currently looking at replacing a water pipe, been quoted £800ish but the foot or so of public footpath that needs digging up will cost an extra £3000!
WTF?!?Incorrigible - it's what it will do (i.e. subsidence, damage to pipework, etc.) - why leave something there that's going to cost you a lot of money and stress where the only cure is cutting the thing down anyway?!?
Builders really should have known better than to plant a willow in a residential garden - really stupid thing to do!
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