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>You're amusing (etc) You clearly have a lot of time on your hands. >I can promise you that you're on a hiding to nothing with this house-ownership malarkey if you think £1000 is a significant sum, (etc) I have almost certainly bought more properties than you and I did NOT say that...

Interesting, but paying the charge levied by anyone willing to do such a job would certainly be impossible for me. And there would also be the possibility of a recurrence. I also remember being told by the vendor that the area had a 'flash flood' earlier this year and a high percentage of...

With regard to the previous reply, the OP has apparently not heard of a build-up of matter over time and the consequences of this. And 'impossible' is used simply because of what has been going in the area for some 80 years. I doubt whether anyone would be willing to go into the pit and repair...

'I once did a calculation, based what humans deposit into the toilet and came to the conclusion that to half fill a 4 cu.m septic tank would require going to the loo 300,000 times. Of course that is based based on optimum conditions! (Hence the 50+ year life of the "everlasting system"?)'...

Firstly, many thanks to those people who took the time to reply to my question. Much appreciated I have decided not to buy the property and the main reason for this is because of the unusual waste system. I have been told this system is 'very efficient' (if this is so, where aren't there more...

Firstly, many thanks for the replies left. Much appreciated. I am irritated about this matter as I was only advised about this system a fair way through the buying process. This, as far as I am concerned, was a genuine error as it was only after my solicitor sought details of drainage that...

Apologies if I am posting this in the wrong forum, but this one seemed to be the closest to the subject I am writing about. I have found a property in Thanet, buuilt about 1938, which I am in the process of buying (have not exchanged contracts yet). I am not a plumber and know nothing about...