Shared Water Supply

The_Fox_Hat

Hi all, I have a problem with my water supply at the house I have just purchased, in that it is a shared supply and my pressure is so low I can't use the shower!! My neighbour told me the cost to get a direct supply is £4000...........
My question is, should my surveyor or solicitor have picked this problem up and notified me during the course of purchase, or should the vendor have mentioned it in the disclosures?
Next question, have I any recourse with any party??
Hope someone can help as this has ruined my perfect home.......

davetrousers

The_Fox_Hat wrote: »

My neighbour told me the cost to get a direct supply is £4000.........

Phone up the water company and ask them. Horse's mouth

The_Fox_Hat

Thanks Dave, but the question is not how much, I know that (£4000).
What I want to know, is, as I have just bought the property, surely the surveyor or solicitor should have found this major problem. i.e. on the full structural survey in the case of the surveyor, or, as an easement or grant in the property deeds in the case of the solicitor?
Or should the vendor have come clean in the disclosures?
Surely one or more of the above must be liable? And can I get them to pay for this major blunder?

macman

Does even a full structural survey test the water pressure? I don't think so.
If the shower was already installed and does not function then you might indeed have a claim on the vendor for non-disclosure, but I rather doubt it.

Andy_WSM

The_Fox_Hat wrote: »

surely the surveyor or solicitor should have found this major problem.

The surveyor would only have been interested in whether the services to the building work - and they do. The fact that you want more pressure for a shower is your need, not a necessity.