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Neighbours waterlogging our garden...

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  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Ypu might be grateul if it ever does dry up for the extra water!

    I'd go round with a cake/bottle of wine and say that you don't want to fall out over it, you don't want to be a misery guts, etc etc, but explaint the problem. :) What happens and how it plays on from there is his choice really.
  • Vomityspice
    Vomityspice Posts: 637 Forumite
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    The OP was asking for advice on what they should do.

    Please note that my first advice was to 'ask him nicely to fix the problems', which would seem obvious as they may be unaware of the problem their pool is causing.

    The second bit of advice was to clarify their legal position if the neighbour was unwilling to rectify the problem. Thereby giving a complete answer to the problem posted.

    All my advice was legally correct.:A
  • horsechestnut
    horsechestnut Posts: 1,446 Forumite
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    You could start the conversation with "I think that your pool might have a leak." Then show him all the water in your garden!
  • mrs_pepperpot_3
    mrs_pepperpot_3 Posts: 159 Forumite
    yes, i'd ask him to come see your side of the fence. he prolly dosent realise whats happened
    " I'm just a simple janitor, who can control people with my mind"
  • missile
    missile Posts: 11,763 Forumite
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    The pool would appear to have a leak? Perhaps neighbour is not aware? Maybe he is and that is why he moved it to the edge of his garden.

    I would try the friendly neighbour approach, but I would not be fobbed off. If negotiation fails, the water board might not like him wasting water.
    "A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
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  • kunekune
    kunekune Posts: 1,909 Forumite
    What vomityspice (urgh) was alluding to was an action for private nuisance - for a simple summary see http://www.a-level-law.com/tort/nuisance/lecture.htm. However, it is not usually a good idea to go into this kind of situation planning to bring legal action, it's not conducive to good neighbour relationships, quite apart from the cost, risk and stress! But, it might help you in any friendly discussion to know that the law is likely to be on your side (the water is effectively escaping from his control and disturbing your enjoyment of your land). And if a friendly discussion doesn't work, perhaps a letter from a solicitor ...

    Informal polls: I bet it's the lawyers who are last to say "sue 'em".
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  • clutton_2
    clutton_2 Posts: 11,149 Forumite
    ""I bet it's the lawyers who are last to say "sue 'em".

    i would have thought FIRST was more likely - more fees etc !!!!
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    kunekune wrote: »
    Informal polls: I bet it's the lawyers who are last to say "sue 'em".

    I bet it is as well!
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • Lakey
    Lakey Posts: 206 Forumite
    Hi there,

    I would be worried that, if the ground is saturated already with this water, one heavy downpour of rain and you could be in flash flood land.

    Ask him to sort it out asap
  • clutton_2
    clutton_2 Posts: 11,149 Forumite
    With a name like ""Lakey" - i'd be worried too !!!!!!
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