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Regulated Drainage and Water Report issue - serious?
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martin2345uk
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Hi guys,
My conveyancer has just sent me Regulated Drainage and Water Report for a house I am buying (1980s semi), and it is all "green" apart from one thing that is red "Requires attention", namely:
The attached plan shows the below - looks like it's a manhole to the front of the house, although in real life it looks like it's this one in the middle of the drive - see streetview snip below! is this likely to be a problem...?? I'm not sure what I would be expected to do about this :-/
My conveyancer has just sent me Regulated Drainage and Water Report for a house I am buying (1980s semi), and it is all "green" apart from one thing that is red "Requires attention", namely:
The attached plan shows the below - looks like it's a manhole to the front of the house, although in real life it looks like it's this one in the middle of the drive - see streetview snip below! is this likely to be a problem...?? I'm not sure what I would be expected to do about this :-/
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Lots of houses have manholes in their drives. We have three on our property on a 30 year old Redrow Estate. Never had a problem with them.
My parents had one on their drive in a 90year old house. Regularly had to rod that one as the drains were narrow.0 -
You don't have to do anything. The report is just making you aware it is there as you need consent to build close to a public sewer.0
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Oh, well that's a relief! Thank you guys!0
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It's blue which according to the legend is surface sewer, not foul.
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Yep it’s surface water, so rain run off from gutters and roof. Not a problem at all as long as you don’t build over it. Very occasionally you might get the water board on your drive to have a look in but not often!0
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That’s ok, I have no plans to build anything on the driveway!0
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