How much is a man hole worth?

mortgagenoob

I have been contracted by a chartered surveyor whose client is building housing in the field opposite our house. They need to connect into the main sewage system and will have to cross our land, a field next to our house, to do so, plus they also want to put a manhole cover on our land. They have said that they are willing to make a generous offer to do so. As I have absolutely no idea what the going rate for such things would be I wouldn't know if their offer is generous or not or what I should indeed ask them for.

If anybody has had any experience of this sort of thing I would greatly appreciate your thoughts before I go ahead and make contact with these people.

Many thanks in advance.

[Deleted User]

I can't claim any expertise in this, but the expression "over a barrell" come to mind.....

Good luck!

WR

Mistermeaner

Most disappointing subject compared to thread title ever

David_Aston

I'm right there with you, Mister!

stator

Would depend on where they want to put it, is it visible from your house/front path etc. Will people accessing it need to cross your garden.

michaels

Fnaar! Fnaaar!

tom9980

In situations like this the company should be paying your legal costs for you. You will want to have a company like this ( https://www.sunderlands.co.uk/rural-professional-services/compensation-matters ) act for you and do all the negotiations. Local water company wanted to put in a new mains across in laws land and the above agent have done an amazing job sorting out all the problems. Find a local equivalent to them and get the other party to pay for it.

Wookey

You will probably want it all in writing, ensure there is a clause in there that everything is left as it is found, including hedging/fencing as they will be using heavy machinery to dig this out where it comes thru into your field. There is a good chance there might be more than 1 manhole (will depend on the distance and if any bends) and they may also want a waiver to say they can enter at anytime to rectify any problems (blockages). A ten minute phonecall to your solicitor to enquire about any legalities wouldn't go amiss.

WengerIn

mortgagenoob wrote: »

I have been contracted by a chartered surveyor whose client is building housing in the field opposite our house. They need to connect into the main sewage system and will have to cross our land, a field next to our house, to do so, plus they also want to put a manhole cover on our land. They have said that they are willing to make a generous offer to do so. As I have absolutely no idea what the going rate for such things would be I wouldn't know if their offer is generous or not or what I should indeed ask them for.

If anybody has had any experience of this sort of thing I would greatly appreciate your thoughts before I go ahead and make contact with these people.

Many thanks in advance.

I'd speak to a chartered surveyor if I was you. They might want a few quid to advise you but you may well find that it's money well spent.

PasturesNew

Only professionals can help, local to you, not random strangers on the Internet.

How much land do you have - it'll potentially downvalue your land/house as it crosses the land, so how much land, how long is the underground stuff - people in the future wishing to buy your house will worry about that if their plan is to build on that bit.

How much will the house they are building be worth, how much will it cost them to build, how much "profit" would they make from building it.

In short, the price is up to you. But if you ask for £100k and they're spending £100k to end up with a £150k house they'll say "NO".

If the land is many acres and the manhole will be in a far corner and if the developer's building 10 houses in the end .... they'll stump up that much.

*~Zephyr~*

Having had prior experience of this, my answer would be a short and simple "No". Regardless of how much money they're offering!