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We live out in the sticks with fields adjoining our property.
Between November and March our property was flooded approx. 10 times from land drains in the fields behind our house, losing quite lot of stock(I work from home) as well as personal property and needing to pull plaster off the wall and re-decorate. Not to mention the kitchen cabinets soaking up water leaving a black mark about an inch up the sides where the wood has soaked up water.
Every time it rained the wife and I were on a knife edge and she's now got high blood pressure due to stress.
We informed the Neighbouring owners about our predicament and they said they'd look into it.
SIX months after our first flooding they called us to tell us that they're not going to do anything as it was "just an exceptionally wet year".
Can somebody explain in layman's terms what their responsibilities are?
On one occasion I calculated I'd pumped out over 9000 litres of water during two days of heavy rain!
No idea but I'd get them to put *in writing* their position in the event of further escalations.
The drains are on their land then, or on the boundary?
On their land, pointing at us. Draining onto our land.
I've got a similar problem.
I'm putting in a drain to collect the water, channel it around my house and back on its way.
Might not be a good idea if you've got neighbours...
Irrelevant of who's land the water is coming off (water usually drains downhill), protect yours.
I took over my folks place and the outbuildings were soaking and full of water. First thing I did was to establish where the water was coming from (the road) and then just put in a French Drain. Cheaper and easier than arguing and 9 months later the buildings are all dry, even after the never-ending winter.
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If they have installed the drains since you have lived there, it is definitely their fault. You're not allowed to discharge water off your land willy nilly. If, however, they have been draining their land like this forever and the water naturally finds it's way to a watercourse/ditch and you have bought a house that has been built in the way of the water, it is either the fault of the developer for not ensuring the building will not flood, or you need to protect you property and divert the water around your house and onto it's natural path. as has been said above. Bear in mind though that as you divert the water YOU are not allowed to divert it into the path of another building or onto someone else land.