This is a drainage issue.
A house further down our cul-de-sac has sewage leaking into their garden from a shared mains drain, which is contributed to by about 4 or 5 other houses, including us.
They have been told by the council (after numerous phone calls to various departments, which makes me wonder if the person they ended up speaking to really knew what they were talking about) that we will all be liable for it.
I can understand that, to a point, and if so, we are willing to pay our share. But it has been pointed out that the issue might be due to tree roots coming from a garden not in our close, but backing onto this neighbour's garden. If this is found to be true, why should I/we be liable for damage doen by someone else's tree to a pipe not on our land?
And how do I check this out? Who can I ask?
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clam · 28/07/2010 20:35
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