We've just received searches back on the property we are buying and have discovered that there's a whacking great water main running down the left hand side of the house and garden.
This poses a problem as we were planning to put a large side extension on the property which we now can't do. We're now looking at how we can extend to the front and rear (though nothing can be within 5m of the pipe) instead.
But even if we can extend, are we mad to buy a property with a water main running through the garden? My MIL lives around the corner so I know they haven't had to dig up any gardens to access the mains in the 40+ years she's lived there's so I'm not hugely worried in that respect. But part of me just worries it's a burden having it on the property and might put off future buyers?
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Water mains running through garden - would you buy?
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B1rdinthebush · 14/11/2020 06:59
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