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I emailed council some questions to get a response in writing. Got a reply this morning. My questions were: The reply I got: Not too helpful.

I have just returned from Brisbane Square. I have a copy of the Roofwater plan for the surrounding area. It clearly runs all the way down through the street until my property - lucky last! As my property is at the end of the hill, water from at least 10 properties would be gushing down the pipe...

Hi Peter, thanks for your thoughts (and well wishes!). Yes this is an established dwelling, and I have no idea if an agreement was drawn up between the parties. The 1946 photography shows that the neighbours property existed back then, but my lot was vacant. That doesn't help much in the grand...

So council didn't call me back in 7 days as they advised. I just spend over half an hour with them to figure out what's going on, and I have a result. It's a Roof Water connection and is a private drain, so not council's responsibility. So now it's back to discussions with the neighbour...

Nah I haven't got the drainage plans. Was just going to wait and have a chat to the council blokes who are due to look at the issue sometime within the next week. Another point I forgot to mention was what happened when I called Council. They bounced me to Queensland Urban Utilities as they...

I believe it could be up to four properties that feed into this one line. My house is unlucky enough to be at the end of the block that they all feed into. Does that mean all four properties would share in the cost of rectification or just poor old me if the fault just happens to be under our...

I imagine the neighbour would get annoyed? Maybe he'd get legal? He could do that, but it'd cost much more than just clearing out the line under our property. I'm not averse to coughing up if it's due, I just want to find out exactly where I stand.

Very good point! I just ran with the assumption that he somehow knew it was one of our tree's roots. Assumptions are always a bad thing. :) I re-read his letter carefully and while he states the problem occurs under my backyard, he does not say it is roots from our tree that are causing the...

The neighbours had a CCTV inspection done. This is what the neighbours plumber quoted to rectify the problem: What's interesting is that the plumber refers to it as a Storm Water Drain, however Council say it is a Roof Water Drain. Might make no difference - or all the difference! Will...

Hi all, We have a property in a central Brisbane suburb. The next door neighbour has complained to us saying that a drain that takes the stormwater from his house runs under the yard of ours. He claims that this drain has become blocked under our property due to roots running through the pipe...