Reduce house offer because of undisclosed sewage pumping station in the garden

[dlockers]

so if they do need to dig it up and it's over the garage, the insurance will repair it.

Not sure that is how indemnity policies work

 

[D-Ranged]

Not sure that is how indemnity policies work

Argue that with my solicitor I guess. A quick Google will correct you otherwise.

 

[dlockers]

Argue that with my solicitor I guess. A quick Google will correct you otherwise.

Let me guess it was 50 quid and you think it guarantees you for a lifetime against that issue?

 

[D-Ranged]

Let me guess it was 50 quid and you think it guarantees you for a lifetime against that issue?

Oh you're an insurance broker too. Cool. No it was £300.

 

[dlockers]

Oh you're an insurance broker too. Cool. No it was £300.

£250 of that was probably conveyancers surcharges so I was in the right ball park

 

[D-Ranged]

£250 of that was probably conveyancers surcharges so I was in the right ball park

Luckily the company I work for is a solicitors and doesn't charge me a penny, so nope, try again

 

[jpaul]

is that unlimited indemnity pretty sure my search company was like £50K limit in case the search failed to identify poisoned land.

[might have tried below for drainage search ... as I was waiting for parasitic search company to deliver results, found i could have diy'd it.

signed up on digdat to find out cost of drainage & water distribution search costs https://utilities.digdat.co.uk/Account/Register.aspx
about £60 total - you select on a map the area you want a report on.

]

 

[ttaskmaster]

Outlet coupling seal fails, sprays poo everywhere.
I didn't mean a literal chemical reaction explosion, just in case you were confused on the matter.

I wasn't confused, I just wanted to make a Chernobyl joke.

Sewage rising mains aren't under massive pressure, anyway, not like water mains.
The most likely cause of failure is the feed flow outpacing the outflow and surcharging, not the outflow failing. But in either case, the most likely result is sewage leeching into the surrounding ground.

Depending on how close that pump is to your front door though, would certainly make me think twice. I imagine it needs maintenance occasionally too which means opening the poop gates.

The sixteen houses around us all have either septic tanks or cess pits, most of which are emptied by tanker about once a month. It rarely smells, and even then it's only bad for a short while. You're more likely to have a stink from nearby cow fields.

The bigger concern is whether it's a private pumping station, or the responsibility of the water company.
In the case of the former, any problems often require property/legal work to establish ownership and then force compliance, all of which can be expensive. The latter is just a bit of time and patience while they get around to fixing it.

 

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I wasn't confused, I just wanted to make a Chernobyl joke.

Sewage rising mains aren't under massive pressure, anyway, not like water mains.
The most likely cause of failure is the feed flow outpacing the outflow and surcharging, not the outflow failing. But in either case, the most likely result is sewage leeching into the surrounding ground.


The sixteen houses around us all have either septic tanks or cess pits, most of which are emptied by tanker about once a month. It rarely smells, and even then it's only bad for a short while. You're more likely to have a stink from nearby cow fields.

The bigger concern is whether it's a private pumping station, or the responsibility of the water company.
In the case of the former, any problems often require property/legal work to establish ownership and then force compliance, all of which can be expensive. The latter is just a bit of time and patience while they get around to fixing it.

Septic tanks have chemicals in so they break down poop and don't smell as bad, as far as I'm aware. That pump, I'd imagine would be pumping raw sewage.