Hi everyone
I am interested in a villa built mid 1970s (ie 40 years old), however it was built over a sewer line in the sewer diagram (see attached). There is a letter from Sydney Water in the contract stating that the villas were built over the sewer with Sydney Water's approval, but there are no details (Sydney Water stated in the letter that it only keeps records for 25 years).
I have a few queries:
1) Would concrete encasement of the sewer have been used 40 years ago? Is there any way I can find out from the diagram or somewhere else?
2) If the sewer needs repair for any reason, would Sydney Water bear the costs or would the strata for the villas have to pay the costs?
3) Would this affect the potential resale value for this property? (the property is a block of 6 villas, the sewer line runs under the adjacent villa to the one that I am looking at).
Many thanks for any advice anyone can offer, would be much appreciated.
Here is the link for the sewer diagram image:
http://postimg.org/image/gs8aluip5/
I am interested in a villa built mid 1970s (ie 40 years old), however it was built over a sewer line in the sewer diagram (see attached). There is a letter from Sydney Water in the contract stating that the villas were built over the sewer with Sydney Water's approval, but there are no details (Sydney Water stated in the letter that it only keeps records for 25 years).
I have a few queries:
1) Would concrete encasement of the sewer have been used 40 years ago? Is there any way I can find out from the diagram or somewhere else?
2) If the sewer needs repair for any reason, would Sydney Water bear the costs or would the strata for the villas have to pay the costs?
3) Would this affect the potential resale value for this property? (the property is a block of 6 villas, the sewer line runs under the adjacent villa to the one that I am looking at).
Many thanks for any advice anyone can offer, would be much appreciated.
Here is the link for the sewer diagram image:
http://postimg.org/image/gs8aluip5/