Originally Posted by
1950landy
Dose any one know ? If one neighbour does not have enough fall to run there storm water pipes out to the gutter & they run the pipes through there neighbour's property who is responsible for these pipes.
Why I ask our neighbour 2 house up has done that & it seams the pipe is broken in the property next door to us . The owner 2 up is having a pool installed & the builders keep having to pump the rain water out of the pool which end's up on out back yard& no water is going out into the street. For years I have complained to the council about the water coming through the retaining wall but the council just keep telling me because our house is below the house next door I had to expect it which I appreciate & have installed extra drains along the property boundary , also raised the floor level in our sunken lounge room to stop the water entering the house, but now it appears there is a broken storm water pipe after spending over $10,000 .
So my question is who is responsible for fixing the pipe the pool owner says he is not because it is in the neighbour's yard so this neighbour & I should be paying or I should be paying , my thoughts are the pool owner should be paying Or booth neighbour's should be paying . The other twist to this story is booth these neighbour's only bought these houses just over a year ago so booth believe neither are responsible, my house is about 38 years old , the house next door about 35 years & the house with the pool about 30years. also all the water off the roof of the house with the pool goes down this broken storm water pipe so all that ends up in our yard. I have put in a fresh complaint to the council but will have to wait a couple of weeks to get a reply & the pool will be filled with water by next week & the owner will be free to back wash & pump extra water if the pool becomes full .
So what would others do , I know if things were reversed the pipe would be on the mend rite now & this guy sees it costing hom money.
If there is a stormwater pipe running from a connected property (the benefited property) through adjoining properties, I would think that there would be an easement(s), in which the pipes should be located, over the burdened properties i.e. the properties that the pipes run through, that don't use the pipes. The RP/SP Registered Plan of your property would show these.
Local gov is the best way to go, if they're interested?
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