There’s two types of drainage and water searches available on the market: The CON29DW, and regulated (also known as personal) searches. Superficially the two types of report are quite similar but there’s a number of key differences between the two. So which should you buy? (Obviously since we produce the CON29DW, we have a vested interest here, but we’ll be as unbiased as possible).
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The CON29DW questions explained – Maps
This is the first in a regular series looking in detail at the questions in the CON29DW, and what homeowners and conveyancers should be aware of.
The CON29DW generally contains two maps, one showing the location of public sewer assets, the other water. Both of these are extracts of official water company records, and are highlighted in questions 1.1 and 1.2 of the search.
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Pumping stations – why the CON29DW has changed
Back in July we added two new questions – 2.4.1 and 2.5.1 – to both the CON29DW and our commercial drainage and water searches. Both of these related to pumping stations – one identifying any within property boundaries, the other whether there’s any within 50 metres of the property.
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Searchlight Issue 28 – May 2016
Includes: Changes to the CON29DW search, pumping stations transfer to water companies, and a match the city competition.
Here’s an excerpt from our main article – All change for the CON29DW.
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Updates to drainage and water searches
From Monday 27th June 2016 we’ll be introducing some updates into our range of drainage and water searches. These will apply to the CON29DW, Flood+ as well as our three commercial searches.
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