Hi all!
We have a slight issue with one of our IPs in Brisbane. It's sitting on a hill, and we're on the downward slope from our neighbour to the left of us.
When it really rains hard, there is a huge amount of excess water that pools up in our neighbours yard, then flows under the fence onto our side of the property. Flow is probably an incorrect word to use. More like "gush".
Anyhoo, bits of loose topsoil accompany the water over our retaining wall, down to our concrete path along the side of the house. This path has a number of drains to capture the water, but the drains get blocked with the sediment, which causes the side of the path to flood during a downpour.
So, my question is - who's responsible for this excess water?
I've asked my neighbour (who's also a landlord) to investigate the problem. They've sent a plumber out who claims that it's our problem due to the slope of the land.
Why should I have to dig a trench and stick an agpipe in to capture the water on my side, due to the way our neighbour has contoured their backyard? The boundary fence is sitting on a single 25cm sleeper retaining wall post the whole distance, and has no agpipe installed underneath it.
This is in Ipswich City Council, if that's any help.
Cheers!
-- MJ.
We have a slight issue with one of our IPs in Brisbane. It's sitting on a hill, and we're on the downward slope from our neighbour to the left of us.
When it really rains hard, there is a huge amount of excess water that pools up in our neighbours yard, then flows under the fence onto our side of the property. Flow is probably an incorrect word to use. More like "gush".
Anyhoo, bits of loose topsoil accompany the water over our retaining wall, down to our concrete path along the side of the house. This path has a number of drains to capture the water, but the drains get blocked with the sediment, which causes the side of the path to flood during a downpour.
So, my question is - who's responsible for this excess water?
I've asked my neighbour (who's also a landlord) to investigate the problem. They've sent a plumber out who claims that it's our problem due to the slope of the land.
Why should I have to dig a trench and stick an agpipe in to capture the water on my side, due to the way our neighbour has contoured their backyard? The boundary fence is sitting on a single 25cm sleeper retaining wall post the whole distance, and has no agpipe installed underneath it.
This is in Ipswich City Council, if that's any help.
Cheers!
-- MJ.