Forensic74
Structural
- Aug 2, 2011
- 232
On your typical 0.25 acre suburban single family housing properties, do any of you have a feel for the standard of care when one homeowner makes a change to the surface water flow in how it might affects a neighboring property? Is this codified or standardized anywhere or is it more of a state law thing? Like if a homeowner installs a big patio or pool in the backyard that changes the surface flow and results in water infiltration into the basement of the adjacent house, how do you think the responsibility falls?