Are un-adopted sewers a problem? (and do canals flood!?)

poppysarah

Seriously get and ask the neighbours if there's been flooding. Check the environment agency website and get the sellers to put it in writing via solicitor there's never been any trouble.

Bits of Worcester flood all the time!

lfc321

See also this previous thread, including my post (#8) which may or may not apply.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2221253&highlight=sewer

Fire_Fox

Canals can also leak: my parents block is an listed mill on a canal and they have had problems with water ingress into the basement/ foundations and onto their access road.

langstroth2

I've never known the canal near to us flood (Basingstoke canal). There are sections with houses below the canal level - I suspose there's always a low risk of bank collapse. This particular canal usually has the opposite problem - too little water.

I'd talk to the immediate Neighbours.

G_M

In periods of severe flooding the water may come down the canal at such a rate that it cannot get over/round the lock gates fast enough. It may therefore back up or overflow the sides.

However in general canals are much less prone to flooding than rivers.