My landlord has blocked the soakaway

Doodlemiss

I've been pestering my landlord for a while to renew the facia boards and guttering as it was rotten and causing damp in the house. Today he has been and renewed both:j, however in doing so he has got rid of the downspout (meaning that 1 downspout on our neighbours house is now taking the water for 5 properties) and filled the soakaway with concrete:mad:!!!!!(he felt the soakaway was probably causing damp too). Along with my concerns about the potential for flooding of the property without the soakaway to take the water from the yard, I am concerned that this may mean my water bills could go up.

Is any of this legal and what could the upshot be?

Cardew

If you have no downpipe going to the soakaway, why is there any potential for flooding of your property? Or did the water in the yard also enter the same soakaway?

Your neighbour has cause for concern if his soakaway cannot cope with the rainwater.

The planning permission for the property would have specified where soakaways were to be situated and so it is possible that he has breached those conditions.

If it does cause a problem, I suggest you contact the local council.