Some advice. Guttering and down pipe issues

[superdon]

We live in a terrace house. Ours is the middle property of three that share guttering and the down pipe runs down the front of one of the properties to one side.

Basically, the down pipe is cut off about 6 foot off the ground. So any rainwater collected from the three roof comes down that pipe then just falls out. It's about 2 feet from our property.

I am worried that this will cause damp, firstly to their property but then over to ours. Also, because our driveway is lower then theirs, our drive floods quite badly, especially with the bad rain recently.

We get on ok with the neighbours, but I wouldn't call us friends. We have mentioned it to them a couple of times but they haven't done anything about it.

I have a feeling that the drain where the down pipe should go into is either blocked or broken.

So, question is, are we jointly responsible for getting it fixed? Or is it up to them? What if we do get damp?

Hope that all makes sense.

Cheers

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

How long has it been like this?

 

[superdon]

Do you mean the none existent down pipe?

A while, but i couldn't say exactly. At least 6 months but probably more.

 

[superdon]

Any thoughts?

 

[joe-90]

Funnily enough I was just reading some old deeds today that said that the gutters and down pipes were a shared responsibility.

 

[s60tsy]

offer to go halfs on it