Moon

Very helpful. Thank you.......and to everyone else who added comments. Cheers!

No, the marie insists that you have a "bac de retention" (a bit like a soak away), but it has to be connected to the main rain water drainage system.........like your suggestion though....would have saved me a lot of money!

We did check the site before we signed and identified the position of the drains, but it was not until later that we found out from the Marie that the rain water could not go down the same drain as the house waste water. We then checked the network plans from the Marie which showed that the eau pluvial network was close to our border. It was not until the construction company started work, that we discovered that the plans were not correct and the pipework finished some 30m shorter than indicated. I suppose I feel frustrated because if you someone states in a selling document that a product or service exists, then they should accept some responsibility if it doesn't. Anyway, c'est la vie!

The land was advertised as viabilise, but I think you are right that I should put this down to experience (a bad one!). I was hoping that there may be the equivalent of a small claims court that would make a quick judgement for a small cost............is there a Judge Judy in France? Thank you for taking the time to comment.

I recently bought some land in France that was advertised as having all services (electricity, gas, telephone, waste water, drinking water, rain water drainage) on the border of the land. This was also stated in the Compromis de Vente, but was quite vague in teh Acte de Vente. In reality, the nearest access for the drainage of the rain water was 30m from the edge of my property. I have incurred a cost of 12,000 euros to connect to this drain. The selling agent refuses to take any responsibility for the cost of this work. Does anyone know if have a valid claim against the agent and, if so how I sould pursue it?