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DoubleDrat
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Hi all, hope someone may have some advice for this situation...
Purchased a 3bed semiD (that had just been fully refurb'd & extended) in Oct last. Since then we have had to call Dynorod out twice to unblock a sewer at the back of house. After the second call-out we got the planning file to have a look at the plans for the sewers... turns out in the planning permission that the sewer should connect into the main sewer at the front of the house, this is not the case, it is connected to an existing old sewer and the dynorod guy mentioned the gradient does not look high enough to assist the flow (ie long-term issue). There was a certificate of compliance in the planning file also.
We are the first people to live in the house in over 2 years (while it was being refurb'd/extended), we contacted the vendor we bought the house from after 3 months and explained the situation, he eventually offered to pay half the cost of relocating the sewer to the main at the front, we know that this should have been done from the start and would like to know if we should put-up and shut-up and pay half, or if we have any comeback because as it stands the vendor has violated the planning application.
Are we right to take this up with the vendor or the council or our solicitor?
any opinions appreciated...
Purchased a 3bed semiD (that had just been fully refurb'd & extended) in Oct last. Since then we have had to call Dynorod out twice to unblock a sewer at the back of house. After the second call-out we got the planning file to have a look at the plans for the sewers... turns out in the planning permission that the sewer should connect into the main sewer at the front of the house, this is not the case, it is connected to an existing old sewer and the dynorod guy mentioned the gradient does not look high enough to assist the flow (ie long-term issue). There was a certificate of compliance in the planning file also.
We are the first people to live in the house in over 2 years (while it was being refurb'd/extended), we contacted the vendor we bought the house from after 3 months and explained the situation, he eventually offered to pay half the cost of relocating the sewer to the main at the front, we know that this should have been done from the start and would like to know if we should put-up and shut-up and pay half, or if we have any comeback because as it stands the vendor has violated the planning application.
Are we right to take this up with the vendor or the council or our solicitor?
any opinions appreciated...