Communal drain - liability
Right, my friend needs some advice here.
His neighbour, several doors down, has called out a plumber/drain specialist (or whatever they call them) because they have a really bad smell in the house. The drains under their property are not blocked but these guys reckon there might be a blockage a few doors down. Nobody else is complaining of bad smells etc. This neighbour is now asking for an equal contribution from suspected neighbours down the line for the hourly rate (not the intitial call out fee) for this to be looked into further and rectified. This, my friends neighbours claims, is the way it is done according to the drain man. Yeah like they would say that wouldn't they and then take like 12 hours to fix it at £70 per hour!).
Now then, according to the Water Board, my friend or any of the other neighbouring residents are under no legal obligation whatsoever to pay a single penny to this person (especially considering that they don't even know how many houses might be involved).
Just what is the score here? Has anyone here had a similar experience?
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