What if you got conservatory build close to sewer system approx 1 meter.

zaibtabs

I am purchasing a house, there are three issues, raised.
Note: all extension done over 10 years agao.

1. no covenants approval for extension.
2. conservatory close to sewere within 1 meter range
3. no fensa certificate for windows?

Not sure what to do?

societys_child

1. no covenants approval for extension.

Personally, I wouldn't be too bothered, depends who benefits from the covenant.

2. conservatory close to sewere within 1 meter range

How far is it actually from the sewer?

3. no fensa certificate for windows?

When were the windows installed? Could the vendor provide an indemnity policy?






Without knowing the full facts, the only thing I might be bothered about is #2

Slinky

Are you referring to the windows in the conservatory with regards the Fensa certificate? Fensa certificates aren't required for conservatories.

konark

All the extensions on my street have been built OVER a publc sewer so I don't think a metre or even a foot will be an issue.

Slithery

zaibtabs wrote: »

2. conservatory close to sewere within 1 meter range

When exactly was this constructed? The date is important with regards as to whether or not a build-over agreement was/is required.

Davesnave

Slithery wrote: »

When exactly was this constructed? The date is important with regards as to whether or not a build-over agreement was/is required.

People are always saying that, which puzzles me, because I needed a build-over agreement in 1987, when the city council where I lived then was responsible for the public sewers.


Can anyone enlighten me?

Doozergirl

Davesnave wrote: »

People are always saying that, which puzzles me, because I needed a build-over agreement in 1987, when the city council where I lived then was responsible for the public sewers.


Can anyone enlighten me?

I don't know the answer to why your city council would be responsible.

But the answer about dates:

The shared sewers of houses built prior to 1936 have always been the responsibility of the water company.

Until 2011, shared sewers of houses built since 1936 were considered private. Legislation was passed where they were subsequently adopted by the water company in 2011.

The Build Over Agreement is necessary where the sewer is adopted/owned by the water company and you build within three metres.

If you have a 60s house with a 90s extension, it didn't need a BOA at the time, but one built now on the same house would need one.


Mains sewers (6 inch and above, I believe - don't quote me, I can't be bothered to google) have always been owned by water companies and you're unlikely to be granted a BOA if you're particularly near to one.

Davesnave

I know the council were responsible, because for some time after we bought, two guys in overalls would arrive each week in a council van, wander down the garden, lift one of the manhole covers, nod to each other, replace it and then either depart, or stop and eat their sandwiches on a seat next to our pond!:rotfl:

The previous owners told us they'd been going through the same routine for years.

Then the drains were transferred to the water authority(around 1989) and our two men vanished, but by then I think we'd gone through planning and got the build-over agreement.

The sewer was one of three, all 150mm, which converged in our garden and the manhole was 2.1m deep. It was not inspected again in almost 20 years and, to my knowledge, never blocked.