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Foul and surface water drainage

Hello, our buyers solicitors have asked us to “ please supply details of what provisions are in place for foul and surface water drainage from the property.”
can anyone advise what this means and how I find out?
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  • user1977
    user1977 Posts: 17,292 Forumite
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    When you flush your toilet, where does it go?
  • canaldumidi
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    edited 18 November 2021 at 12:16AM
    Where does the waste water (kitchen, loo etc) from your house go? To the mains foul drainage in the street? To a septic tank or treatment plant in the garden?
    Where does the water  from your roof and garden go? To the main drainage in the street? Is that the same drain as the mains foul drain or separate? Or does it go to a soak-away in the garden? Or...?
    Checking your water bill should give clues as to whether you are paying them to take it away or not.
  • I don’t know. Through pipes taken away
  • Help1234
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    edited 18 November 2021 at 12:18AM
    We have pipes on the outside of our house front and back and gutters. I’m not sure where everything goes or if it all goes together as there are various pipes… for the foul it is the mains. I don’t know if the surface water is the same pipes?
  • You surely must know if you have a septic tank in the garden or not? If you have, how often do you empty it or is it overflowing......? Or a soak-away?
    And you must know if you are paying the water company to remove either your foul and/or surface water?
  • We do not have a septic tank. We pay united utilities for all things related to water.
  • user1977
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    edited 18 November 2021 at 12:29AM
    If you don't know then you tell them you don't know. I would have thought they'd be getting (or already have) a search telling them whether you're connected to mains drainage or not, so not sure why they're also asking you. 
  • The buyer isn’t having any searches done.
  • user1977
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    Help1234 said:
    The buyer isn’t having any searches done.
    So you tell them you don't have a clue either. It's likely they actually know the answer (I see from your previous thread they at least have had a survey done - didn't the surveyor give them a more educated answer?) and it's just their solicitor ticking the boxes.
  • Slithery
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    Help1234 said:
    We pay united utilities for all things related to water.
    So read your bill and see what they're charging you for.
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