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Did a job in a funny little road with lots of little town houses which look like mini cottages. Couldn't find internal stopcock. There were 3 external ones in a road of 7 or 8 houses. The one that turned off her water was at the end of the row, past another two houses which it presumably also turned off. I guess the houses could have been split up into separate buildings since the water supplies were run - but doesn't really look like it to me.
I wasn't sure what she should do so I told her to look everywhere she could for her internal stopcock and phone up water authority and enquire about why she doesn't have an external one but I'm guessing they may say the responsibility (cost) of having an external one installed lies with her? Do you have a right to one or is it more a case of if a house has been turned into two then it's the developer's responsibility to pay?
I wasn't sure what she should do so I told her to look everywhere she could for her internal stopcock and phone up water authority and enquire about why she doesn't have an external one but I'm guessing they may say the responsibility (cost) of having an external one installed lies with her? Do you have a right to one or is it more a case of if a house has been turned into two then it's the developer's responsibility to pay?