Who is responsible for water leak 10m from our boundary on someone elses shingle drive.

themissingdigit

Manxman_in_exile said:

Wouldn't all this sort of stuff have been discovered by your parent's conveyancing solicitor when doing searches etc during purchase?  Or, as suggested above, be covered in the deeds?

I'm wondering if you might get a better range of views by posting on the House buying and selling board - it's not a consumer rights question.  (Not that I'm suggesting anything wrong with the replies you've had so far!  )

i wasnt sure where to ask the question. Only asked in case someone has come across similar before talking to them. The neighbour is too happy that it goes under his property & is gonna ask if the can move it into the cul de sac with all the others. But that is another side issue. We will just have to see what they say on monday. Fixing it will be expensive & worried mum will not cope very well if hit with a big bill.

kazwookie

Ring AW, I had the same sort of thing a couple of years ago, my side of the meter, on my property.

AW sent a team out who dug a deep hole, the pipe had a bend in it towards my property, that bit of pipe had a split in it, the workers mended it while they are there and next day came back and filled in hole.

AW rang me, they picked up the bill for the works, and gave me (I cannot remember the exact amount) but in the region of £90, for the extra water that had leaked, and an email about how to ask for more £ if I felt their figures were wrong.

I was more than happy as I thought they would bill me for the works, so that was that.