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Neighbours guttering draining into my property

  • 14-08-2016 1:31pm
    #1
    LightlyGo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭


    I've recently moved into a new place and I've had a problem with big puddles of water collecting outside my door. My entrance is on the side of the house and my neighbour is located only a meter or so away but their home is slightly higher than mine as we are on a slope.

    I've noticed my neighbours have no drain for their guttering to drain into. It just hits the ground out of the pipe and rolls into my property and collects right outside my door. With the weather as it is it means there's a constant large puddle pretty much all the time, I can only imagine what it'll be like in winter. Everyone coming into the house brings muddy wet footprints, add my dog to that too and you get the picture!
    My own house has drains underneath it's guttering and other areas seem to be fine and don't collect water.

    Is it normal for there to be no drain under guttering and for water to just roll into a neighbours house to collect there?
    I know very little about this sort of thing. I feel like I need to speak to the neighbour but I've no idea if I have any right to.


Comments

  • #2
    ebbsy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,069 ✭✭✭ebbsy


    Jesus man go talk to your neighbour face to face and sort something out.


  • #3
    LightlyGo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭LightlyGo


    I get the impression they're not going to be so amenable to paying to have something fixed. Do I have any right to ask them to do something, am I reliant on their good will or is there any regulation I can point to or suggest to them something needs fixing here?
    Obviously the previous owners had the same problem and nothing was done.


  • #4
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    In lieu of amenable neighbours, (they should be taking care of their drainage) could you fit one of these along the boundary and connect to your surface water drain locally?

    http://www.aco.co.uk/product_detail.php?id=19


  • #5
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,885 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    Have they altered the front in some way, new porch or something?

    Its a boundary issue so look here
    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2009/act/27/enacted/en/print section 43 to 46 or 47

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



  • #6
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,340 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Can you show us a pic of the front elevation?


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  • #7
    LightlyGo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭LightlyGo


    BryanF wrote: »
    In lieu of amenable neighbours, (they should be taking care of their drainage) could you fit one of these along the boundary and connect to your surface water drain locally?

    That looks like it could be a good solution. Do you know if that sort of thing is very expensive or difficult to do?
    Thanks very much!
    kceire wrote: »
    Can you show us a pic of the front elevation?

    I don't think I can post a pic, I'm only new in the area, I think it could get awkward if the first thing the locals knew of me was posting photos complaining on boards. I understand it would be easier if I could post a pic though, fully see your point. Also as I'm new to boards it seems I can't post urls or pics either.


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