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  • pieroabcd
    pieroabcd Posts: 738 Forumite
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    Section62 said:
    pieroabcd said:
    Oh, that's funny.
    The sellers have found a letter from the water authority saying that no build over agreement was necessary because there are no public sewer pipes within 3 meters of the proposed extension.
    Also, the extension was approved as lawful by the council as it is now, very large.

    I imagine that it's good for me as a discharge of liabilities, but it's really curious that they say that there are no sewer pipes within 3 meters of the proposed extension, even though that drawing seems to suggest otherwise.

    The manhole cover is 2 houses beyond.
    If the letter was before 1 October 2011 then it is possible they weren't public sewers on the date the letter was written, but became public on 1 October 2011.

    MikeJXE said:
    It's as much likely the water board don't know where they are 

    You're good to go so forget about it 
    If the OP buys the property they will still have public sewers underneath the extension, and more importantly for them, potentially their own connecting pipes being inaccessible.
    The letter is dated january 2015
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