Indemnity policy over public sewer - conservatory

Section62

TheJP said:

Section62 said:

TheJP said:

I sold my last house that had this 'issue' which isn't really an issue.

It wasn't an issue for me nor was it an issue for my buyer, im not misleading anyone just purely sharing my experience.

In which case you should have said "I sold my last house that had this issue which wasn't really an issue in my case."

Rather than using a form of words which misleadingly convey generality.

JonMitchell

Section62 said:

JonMitchell said:

As mentioned, my daughter is waiting to hear back from few survey co about carrying out the survey. I agree you can look into the pipe and its condition, but guess no one will know when the pipes will ever burst...just being paranoid

Wait for the drainage survey to be done. Have a look at the video and report and get a feeling for how many defects there are, and importantly what kind of pipe it is.  The surveyors may make recommendations for repair work - they usually err on the side of caution because even if they don't do repair work themselves they will put you in touch with a 'mate' who can.

As the property is end of terrace there's a good chance the property is either at the start of a run (in which case it might not be a public sewer after all), or at the end of a run where the sewer 'turns' to run out to a main sewer in the street.

If end terrace means you have good access from the street on at least one side of the property then in the event repairs are needed then it would be less of an issue compared to if the property was mid-terrace.

The building being a conservatory means it is non-essential space, and is relatively easy to dismantle (and possibly re-erect)

TL;DR -  don't worry about it until you have the results of the survey. Then only worry if the pipe is clearly defective.

Will update you folks once the survey is done.