Ditching

[O'Reilly]

Under an AHA, where the landlord has provided field drains, should the tenant be expected to keep the ditches cleaned out?

 

[RAF]

Yes

 

[O'Reilly]

Thank you

 

[Dry Rot]

Basically, the landowner provides the capital works and the tenant the maintenance. So, cleaning a ditch, yes. But dredging a river might be different is what I'd say. That's why we have land agents so both tenants and landlords can grumble about them and blame them.

 

[borderterribles]

When I got my first AHA tenancy, the outgoer had been dilapidated for not cleaning the ditches out. When I moved on, two years later, I had scoured just over a mile in length, by hand and had dug half a mile of new ditch with a machine. Hey presto, big lump of dilaps avoided! No wonder my wrists are trashed nowadays though.

 

[Wombat]

I would always do if i had the options anway, why wouldn't you? i did 400m of a neighbours for free last year to drop my outfall by a foot

 

[ARW]

People who don’t maintain ditches don’t deserve land!

 

[Wombat]

People who don’t maintain ditches don’t deserve land!

It should be a legal thing like holland to keep them clean

 

[No wot]

The way things are heading it'll be illegal to clean' em out !!!!!

 

[Wombat]

The way things are heading it'll be illegal to clean' em out !!!!!

I’ll see them in court