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Hi
Any Sewer experts out there ?
Myself and brothers have inherited a house from a deceased relative
We put it on the market and had a buyer, who has just dropped out after their surveys picked up on a 700mm surface water sewer running under the house
So far I've established that we cant do an extension to house as you cant build within 3 meters of the pipe by contacting South West water , they couldn't comment on how the house ended up being allowed to be built over the pipe
House was built back in 2001, and I've found a building control certificate from then saying it had all been signed off as ok after build finished.
Anyone got any real world knowledge of who is likely to be responsible to repairs to property if something went wrong with the pipe i.e. it collapsed along with part of house, or if sww water wanted to replace it and dig up garden etc
Currently waiting for sww legal to get back to me , I'm guessing that if the cost of repair falls to the owners then the house will lose a lot of value, threes no option for redirecting the pipe as there are houses on either side within 3 meters of the house