Septic Tanks & Drainage · Report on Title scenarios
Septic tanks and private drainage
4 situations in which a septic tank or private drainage comes up during a conveyancing transaction, each answering a different question.
- The property is on a septic tank rather than the mainsSmall sewage discharges are lawful without a permit only if they meet the General Binding Rules. What happens when they do not, and why your conveyancer cannot tell you which it is.
- What to have checked before you buy a property on a septic tankA specialist survey is the only thing that answers the compliance question. The specific items to put in the instruction, and why the cost of getting it wrong falls on you.
- The drainage is a cesspit rather than a septic tankA cesspit stores sewage and treats none of it, so everything that goes in has to be tankered out. The arithmetic that decides the running cost, and what to ask before you buy.
- The property shares a sewage treatment plant with neighbouring housesA treatment plant serving several houses comes with an annual charge and a set of arrangements between neighbours. What to read before you join them.
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