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Yeah look i had not thought that far ahead as to who should pay, just not me :p No that is a very valid point, its a tough one. I definitely see what you mean, and understand I am the one trying to make a buck so why should others have to pay so i can profit. Realistically its in the best...

Hey Wylie, As Doovalacky mentioned my PPOR simply dumps the water into the ground at the end of my property. Now because this is an existing property then council have no grounds for you to connect to storm water. Basically because it was built that way it can stay that way. Council said there...

Hey All, Good to see the topic has generated a lot of discussion :) Hodge in answer to your question the suburb is Niddrie in Melbourne's North West. The whole suburb is not without storm water, just certain pockets that unfortunately mine has fallen into. A while back if you followed the...

Oh he did also say that even if my rear neighbor did have a storm water connection they would not allow it for the construction of a new dwelling! He said they would only allow this if an existing property needed to connect to storm water. ummmmm no thanks!

Thanks for all the great suggestions! I just got off the phone with drainage and had a chat with the gentleman and basically I am stuffed! :( Turns out the property behind me is also without storm water so there is no option to connect to him. I am one house from the corner and my rear...

Hey handyandy, Thanks for the quick reply! I apologise as I am not sure I made myself too clear. What I did was followed where the downpipes from my house rain and then dug up my backyard to locate the pipes (In the hope they would connect to a main storm water pipe in the easement so i...

Hey All, I am currently in the process of developing a dwelling to the rear of my PPOR and have just discovered we have no storm water. My block slopes to the rear with about a fairly decent slope (roughly 5m from curb) I have spoken with Council who confirmed this and also my neighbor who...