Hi,
I live in an old terrace and my neighbours house runs much deeper in the back than mine. His gutter only collects rainwater from his roof but the downpipe is in my boundary and empties into a drain on my side. It is not a party wall and the boundary line is his wall. I attach an image of the gutter downpipe going into my garden.
His guttering is rusting, leaking and in a poor state of repair with holes. There are no issues of subsidence in his property as far as I can see. The relationship is amicable but I would like clarity of the issue.
My question is who is responsible for the guttering which is encroaching on my boundary. I have no issue with the encroachment, nor the use of the drain on my land, but I would not be too happy if I am responsible for his guttering. Cannot seem to find any regulation on this.
I live in an old terrace and my neighbours house runs much deeper in the back than mine. His gutter only collects rainwater from his roof but the downpipe is in my boundary and empties into a drain on my side. It is not a party wall and the boundary line is his wall. I attach an image of the gutter downpipe going into my garden.
His guttering is rusting, leaking and in a poor state of repair with holes. There are no issues of subsidence in his property as far as I can see. The relationship is amicable but I would like clarity of the issue.
My question is who is responsible for the guttering which is encroaching on my boundary. I have no issue with the encroachment, nor the use of the drain on my land, but I would not be too happy if I am responsible for his guttering. Cannot seem to find any regulation on this.