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Yes we will have a look and see if we can understand. Gosh I wish my dad was still here, he was the best to give this type of advice.

Sigh! Thanks, I guess I will have to let go of this house then, what a shame! Massive garden, detached, in a nice location, but the house is too small for our needs. Any idea how they managed to build that conservatory so close to the manhole? Clearly it is less than 3 meters from it.

Thank you, may be worth asking the current owners if they have this info from when they purchased the property. I think the manhole could be moved, but I am not finding much info about the 375mm pipes on the Anglian website (only mentions 160mm)

Thank you, I guess this can be determined with a CCTV survey of the drains, is that correct?

That’s… interesting! Do you know if your family member hired an architect that had good reputation for this kind of application? I’m so unsure what to do, it’s such a big risk to take!

I will visit a detached bungalow this weekend that has a manhole near the conservatory. The owner confirmed it connects to the street in front and to a park at the back of the property. Here are some photos, you can see it on the left of the conservatory. I called Anglian Water and they...