Drainage services
in Broadstairs.

In most people's minds, a CCTV drainage survey is bound up with diagnosing faults and the repairs that follow, drain lining among them, and it is just as valuable a tool for clearing blocked drains. What tends to be less well known is the part a homebuyer drain survey is likely to play if a house purchase is on the horizon. If it has not yet occurred to you, it is well worth adding to your list.

At BP Drains Ltd, we attend to every planned and emergency drainage and gutter cleaning need across Broadstairs and the wider Kent areas we cover.

To learn more about our residential drain surveys, round-the-clock repairs, drain unblocking, in-situ drain repairs, cracked pipe repairs and the many other services we provide, take a look at our Gallery page or browse our testimonials.

As a long-established team of professionals, we know the value of staying proactive about drainage upkeep. That holds true for every homeowner, and all the more for anyone about to buy.

Set out below are three reasons to make a CCTV drain survey part of how you go about buying a home.

Why Have a Pre-Purchase Drain Survey?

Prevent Expensive Bills

Buying a house, in Broadstairs or anywhere else, means taking on the property in full, and that extends to whatever troubles may be lurking unseen within its drainage. Once it is yours, the bill for any 24/7 call-out or repair is yours as well.

What that bill comes to varies enormously, from drain lining and gutter cleaning at one end to replacing collapsed pipes at the other. Take on a fresh mortgage and then meet a major drainage emergency shortly afterwards, though, and you could be left badly short of funds.

A pre-purchase CCTV drain survey brings any underlying problems to light before you put pen to paper. The findings might point to nothing more than a minor fault, such as a partially blocked drain, or confirm that all is well. Where it is the former, we will flag any pressing concerns destined to grow into something larger down the line, and in every case we will set out what repairs to expect and when.

Negotiation Tool

By the time you are weighing up an offer on a Broadstairs home, the chances are you have already fallen for it. The trick is not to let that enthusiasm tempt you into cutting corners or settling for less than you should.

Where a CCTV drain survey turns up defects and faults in the drainage, its findings can be used to negotiate a keener price. Broadly, a homebuyer survey that comes back with problems leaves the current owner with two choices:

• Cover the cost of the drain repairs themselves before handing the property over

• Drop the asking price to reflect what the required works will cost

Drain Ownership

A change to UK drain law back in 2011 still leaves many homeowners, in Broadstairs and right across the country, less than certain about who owns what. Knowing which stretches of pipework are your responsibility, and which belong to the water and sewerage company, genuinely matters.

After all, there is no sense in paying to put right an emergency on a section of the system that falls outside your boundary; in those cases the cost of the work, be it clearing blocked drains, drain lining or anything else, sits with the relevant company rather than with you. A CCTV drain survey makes plain exactly where your responsibility begins and ends, so you never end up paying for work that was never yours to fund.

Call BP Drains Ltd for Functional, Clean Gutters and Drains

In Broadstairs and every surrounding area, the services we provide include:

• Gutter Cleaning

• Homebuyer Drain Surveys

• Residential Drain Surveys

• Periodic Drainage Surveys

• Drain Unblocking

• In-Situ Drain Repairs

• Cracked pipe Repairs