From Real Estate Board
So I need some help or advise. My neighbors are building a pool and extending their patio right up to 1 ft. from our shared fence. We are in a new community that puts about 12 feet between foundations that is sloped into a V with a french drain down the middle.
My worry is that with the new patio being 1 ft. from the fence line and being the same height as my foundation, this will cause more water to backup onto my property. Should I be worried that this could have a major impact to my property or not? During really bad rains, it normally backs up about 1 ft on each side, but now they have built basically a dam on their property and now much less permeable soil to help absorb the rain.
My thought is they may need to add a secondary french drain on their property to help with runoff from their property since I don't think the one we have now can even handle a big rain.
[url=https://imgur.com/a/hRon1][/url]https://imgur.com/a/hRon1
So I need some help or advise. My neighbors are building a pool and extending their patio right up to 1 ft. from our shared fence. We are in a new community that puts about 12 feet between foundations that is sloped into a V with a french drain down the middle.
My worry is that with the new patio being 1 ft. from the fence line and being the same height as my foundation, this will cause more water to backup onto my property. Should I be worried that this could have a major impact to my property or not? During really bad rains, it normally backs up about 1 ft on each side, but now they have built basically a dam on their property and now much less permeable soil to help absorb the rain.
My thought is they may need to add a secondary french drain on their property to help with runoff from their property since I don't think the one we have now can even handle a big rain.
[url=https://imgur.com/a/hRon1][/url]https://imgur.com/a/hRon1
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