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i assume internal pipes, right?
Good question. I assumed everything was external under the back terraces, hence it being on the shared supply pipe. FWIW houses No. 1 - 5 is a row of semi-detached houses.
if you are currently a tenant
We're the landlord. But soon to be moving back into the property.
Good to know about the shared liabilty. Do all of the owner's insurance companies usually just get together to sort this out? Or do you put in a claim once it's all wrapped up?
I would push water co to come out and pin point the leak - quite easily done to be honest. i would hazard a guess something was said by your neighbours or the inspector generally couldn't find the location and hence you've been issued a s75 - which all water co. have duty to uphold
The first letter (which I've just been fwd), advises to get an independent contractor to do it to avoid "admin" fees. Are you saying you think Water Co should be identifying where the leak is?
hugo7-
We're the landlord. But soon to be moving back into the property.
Good to know about the shared liabilty. Do all of the owner's insurance companies usually just get together to sort this out? Or do you put in a claim once it's all wrapped up?
I'm not sure how the insurance will work - i would hazard a guess to put in a claim after wards
The first letter (which I've just been fwd), advises to get an independent contractor to do it to avoid "admin" fees. Are you saying you think Water Co should be identifying where the leak is?
well it would of been handy to know (sometimes the inspector cant locate it for whatever reasons) - effectively this just means your looking for a needle in a haystack and will have either have dig a few holes or the length of the pipe across the houses to find the leak
musa
if you are currently a tenant - then it is the landlords responsibility as well as no 1-5 owners. in respective to water co and the pipe - the liability is with the homeowners whether single prop or shared. If shared - then all those who share it must bare the burden whether or not leak is on 'your' side of the shared supply
I would push water co to come out and pin point the leak - quite easily done to be honest. i would hazard a guess something was said by your neighbours or the inspector generally couldn't find the location and hence you've been issued a s75 - which all water co. have duty to uphold
and in conjuction with Howard - did they not follow up on said leak - side or rear extension - is the share supply front or rear of houses?