Every property requires access to the water, electricity, telecoms and (in most cases) gas networks. You’ll also need a connection for foul and surface water drainage to be taken off the premises. If your plot has not had a building on it previously, it’s unlikely that these connections will be there, so you need to go about setting them up. If you’re demolishing an existing house, you might think that you can retain and reuse all the existing utilities, but chances are they’ll need upgrading, temporarily terminating or possibly relocating. Unfortunately it’s not possible to deal with just one company for all six of these service categories, so you’re probably going to need to do four or five separate applications to various utility providers, which in most cases requires plenty of patience. Here I’m taking a look at each service type and how to go about getting these set up.
Foul drainage