Any progress on this?
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Any progress on this?
He's probably sick of getting blamed for a broken pipe that's not on his property, if it's broken on your neighbours property he will have to front the costs. Most likely him or the previous owner has had work done and the pipe got broken and was never fixed.
Yes the pool owner should allow an inspection from his end, but at the end of the day if it's not broken on his property it's not his problem. If him or the builders caused the leak somehow and you can prove that's the case then sure he will have to front the costs.
IF the pipe can't handle the extra load when it's fixed which I highly doubt that it won't be able to, then yes its up to him to increase the pipe size over all 3 properties.
Sorry to sound like a ***** but really that's the way it's gonna end up for you guys.
Cheers
But the pipe has been run through property 2 illegally.
What's to say it's illegal? The house would never have been allowed occupancy if the LPD wasn't abided by. Sometimes an easement isn't put in place over shared services, not common but it happens. If there's an agreement with the council/owners of the properts/waterboard etc it will be documented.
If not then plug the pipe up the pool guys end and split the cost to fix the pipe with the neighbour, or make him run his own storm water out to the street also.
I'd just split the cost with the neighbour and be done with it
You're assuming that the pipe work involved was carried out during the subdivision development, house construction or just a gentlemen's agreement. If either or both of the latter, it is illegal without council approval. If it was a part of the subdivision, there would be a storm water easement shown on the properties' Registered Survey Plan, which there isn't.
When these satellite suburbs boomed, thirty to forty years ago, the work was being done, faster than the Council Building Inspectors could get around the sites.
Many rules were broken and short cuts taken during these times.