House not connected to mains sewers.

Possom

Hi,

I have a seen an old house for sale with my local estate agent, however it is not connected to mains sewer and there is no septic tank. Though I believe it is connected to mains water.

As it had been previously occupied I'm not sure what the previous owner did...

Would anyone here have a vague idea as to how difficult and/or expensive it would be to get a house connected to main sewers? There are other houses in the immediate area, and there is a housing estate not very far down the road from it.

Would the first thing to do to contact either (I don't know) DOE or NI Water or some other dept to discover if there is a mains sewer running along the road outside the house?

Any other info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

jjd

They probably won't give you an answer over the phone. You will need to apply for a new connection, you have to pay £142.80 for application. After you pay this NI water will then give you a quote of what it will cost to connect. All the info will be on the NI water website. So unless your very serious about buying the house I wouldn't bother.

Possom

jjd wrote: »

After you pay this NI water will then give you a quote of what it will cost to connect.

Would you know what sort of region the price might be in if the sewer pipe runs along the road just oustide the house? eg £2K, £5K, £10K?

warmhands.coldheart

Possom wrote: »

Would you know what sort of region the price might be in if the sewer pipe runs along the road just oustide the house? eg £2K, £5K, £10K?

If it was that sort of money, you'd be better just putting a septic tank in..

saverbuyer

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

If it was that sort of money, you'd be better just putting a septic tank in..

You can't install septic tanks now.

motorguy

Possom wrote: »

Would you know what sort of region the price might be in if the sewer pipe runs along the road just oustide the house? eg £2K, £5K, £10K?

"it depends"

From when we built our house, they get a contractor to quote for it and then you pay the water board up front.

Wasnt cheap. I think ours was £2,500 and that was merely connecting up - the "T" piece was already in the sewers outside our house and our builder had the piping already in.

If you had to get someone to sort out the pipework from your house out to the end of your premises, that would be on top.

If they had to break in to the sewer to connect you up, that would be on top.

If the sewer isnt close to your house that would be on top.

I'm thinking you'd need to budget £5K, assuming its all reasonably straighforward.

Possom

Thanks very much Paul.

warmhands.coldheart

saverbuyer wrote: »

You can't install septic tanks now.

Surely that can't be true. What do all the Culchies do?? Go behind a tree??

RTNI

So what happens when you flush the loo in this property? Where does the waste go ?

saverbuyer

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

Surely that can't be true. What do all the Culchies do?? Go behind a tree??

You can't install new ones.


They have to be new mechanical bio-digesters now. Mini treatment plants. Cost about 10p a day to run and have to be maintained. Existing Culchies can continue to crap in their holes.

Possom

I discovered today that the house has a septic tank but on someone elses ground. The house will be sold *without* the facility to any longer use this tank.

I also learned that the house is located too far from mains sewers to feasibly have it connected.

I was speaking with someone at NI Water today and he seemed to indicate that septic tanks are still put in. Though perhaps he meant the mechanical bio-digesters which saverbuyer has mentioned.

Any suggestions?