Buying a house with regular drain issues

[hichar]

Would you buy a property that has regular drain problems? Lived in the house just over a year and a half currently renting. In that time waste has overflowed from my guttering overflow drain approx 7/8 times. The man hole is regular blocked up. I am the last house at the end of the chain so my two neighbours waste is backing up regularly into my drain. someone came out today who did a lime scale clean & said there were some roots that they’ve cleared that possibly could have caused issues but did mention when he lifted the man hole cover it was blocked again up to my neighbours drain. neighbours don’t seem to care because they know it backs down to mine and will just overflow.I’m so overwhelmed and fed up and has affected me settling into the home. I’m so paranoid as to when the next time the drains will overflow. I can’t see how it will be fixed? I would have liked to buy the house in the future but the regular occurrence of problems has completely put me off.

No I wouldn’t, tbh. Drain work can be really expensive and difficult to resolve. Doubly difficult if it’s being caused by neighbours flushing inappropriate items

Nope. At the very least it’s awful neighbours putting stuff down they shouldn’t be, if it’s tree roots then there will be an expensive fix somewhere down the line.

Definitely not. Be grateful you are fore warned.

Often soil pipes getting blocked is caused by slight shifting causing a ridge at joints and material becoming snagged on it which then builds up.
It can be cured by relining the pipe. It's far cheaper than digging up and relaying.

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Are you the last house in the chain or the first house? I am struggling to picture what you mean.

If your neighbours waste is backing up to yours, that means a share drain and there’s no point doing anything on your property, as the problem is further down the chain?

If it's a shared drain your sewerage company is responsible for clearing blockages, call them every time it blocks & request a camera be put down to find the problem. Then they should repair it if the issue is on the shared part of the drain.

This is true, everything past a shared inspection chamber is their responsibility.

Nope. Lived with bad shared drainage for a long time. Moved out. Absolute nightmare.

We had a shared drain on our property and the sewerage company would take no responsibility as it was in our garden. We pointed out they should. They said ‘no’. Not much we could do.

Frankly OP I wouldn’t buy unless you’re getting a really good deal. it’s the type of thing that you never normally know before you buy, you have the advantage of knowing!

@Dammitthisisshit how long ago was this? The rules changed not that many years ago and the companies were forced to adopt foul pipes from the last shared chamber no matter where it is.

That doesn't mean they won't try and give you the runaround though.

No way.

I know the set up you mean, my old road had it. I wasn’t the last house on the row but my neighbour was and her garden flooded with raw sewage several times, (one time there was so much it covered my patio too) because the homeowners higher up the hill kept flushing babywipes and didn’t care if that meant disaster for those living further down the drain system.

Buy a nicer house where the poo stays gone 👌

Thank you everyone for your advice.
its caused me so much stress and upset. Happening so regular. I will take all your advice

I’m the last one off the line. My two neighbours are backing into mine and then overflowing out my drain x

You need to get your landlord to fix this permanently. It’s a health hazard.