Can somebody give me the basics please. I vaguely remember something along the lines of you cannot stop your neighbours water running or something like that?
I’ve got a field that is behind a house which sits in a cutaway into the field. The field is not drained as it’s a stoney light loam. Directly behind the house over the last couple of years some water collects during heavy rainfall. The house in question has had extensive building work done over the years with extensions and garage builds. The present owner is now telling me he’s seeking legal advice because my drains are blocked causing the pooling behind his house.
The field sits slightly higher than the house so the natural route for any surface water is downhill over his property. I suspect that any drains within the property have been damaged during the various alterations so now the water runs above ground instead of in drains below the property, although I’m not 100% sure if this as I don’t have any drainage plans for the property clearly.
I may well be wrong hence asking the question but I feel my water is being held up by the property in question.
Looking at it if the water doesn’t flow through the property via some kind of drain then it will have to be pumped around the property and out onto the access lane the property uses to get to the main road.
Any advice would be appreciated.
I’ve got a field that is behind a house which sits in a cutaway into the field. The field is not drained as it’s a stoney light loam. Directly behind the house over the last couple of years some water collects during heavy rainfall. The house in question has had extensive building work done over the years with extensions and garage builds. The present owner is now telling me he’s seeking legal advice because my drains are blocked causing the pooling behind his house.
The field sits slightly higher than the house so the natural route for any surface water is downhill over his property. I suspect that any drains within the property have been damaged during the various alterations so now the water runs above ground instead of in drains below the property, although I’m not 100% sure if this as I don’t have any drainage plans for the property clearly.
I may well be wrong hence asking the question but I feel my water is being held up by the property in question.
Looking at it if the water doesn’t flow through the property via some kind of drain then it will have to be pumped around the property and out onto the access lane the property uses to get to the main road.
Any advice would be appreciated.