Foul and surface water drainage

Help1234

I am being charged for fresh water and wastewater

Doozergirl

Help1234 said:

I am being charged for fresh water and wastewater

There you go.  You have combined drainage.  

Help1234

Thank you :-)

Section62

Help1234 said:

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?

If you are in England or Wales I would reply that you don't know and the buyer should make their own enquiries.

You don't want to be in a situation like this one where one thing has been assumed and then later in the conveyancing the buyer discovers something different -
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6313056/buying-a-house-with-a-shared-sewage-treatment-plant-in-the-garden


The fact you are being billed for sewerage services isn't proof you are getting them.  And in particular, a vast number of properties are being charged for surface water drainage when their surface water drains aren't connected to the public sewer.

The only way of finding out for sure is to get a drainage survey done - which ideally the buyer should organise and pay for, but if you are keen to sell you may want to negotiate over that.