Can a third party turn off water supply?

paper cut · 2010-09-08 15:21:40

Hope someone can help. Three houses(1, 2 & 3) House 1 has a stop cock outside that feeds house 1 through house 2 into house 3 (mine). House 2 is getting building works done (new extension). The builder disconnects the feed to house 3 and claims that he is not responsible to reconnect a permanent supply as its his clients…

08-09-2010 04:21PM

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Hope someone can help. Three houses(1, 2 & 3) House 1 has a stop cock outside that feeds house 1 through house 2 into house 3 (mine). House 2 is getting building works done (new extension). The builder disconnects the feed to house 3 and claims that he is not responsible to reconnect a permanent supply as its his clients property.
Can he legally disconnect a water supply?
No notification was giving to house 3 about turning the water off.

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#2 08-09-2010 08:09PM

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is there a wayleave for the water supply?

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#3 09-09-2010 08:49AM

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No wayleave. Terrace house's.

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#4 09-09-2010 12:02PM

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How long ago were they built?

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#5 09-09-2010 12:39PM

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House built 60-70 years ago approx. All the houses on the road are fed in groups i. e. 3 or 4 houses off the one stop cock from the front road, runs underground to the back and then branches off.

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