I am sure that you are correct Modicasa. In our case we were, as mentioned at the start, going to be required to either add a 3rd chamber to our old septic tank or we had to install a new one. Without this the 'urban position' of the property could not be verified for a change of ownership from our mother to my brother and I who inherited the property from her. As we intended to install a new WC in an incomplete bathroom on the opposite side of the house to the old tank, it was deemed better to install a new septic tank to which the drainage run would be easier and less expensive lto install. It would also have been difficult to have added a 3rd chamber to the existing tank which was located under tiling adjacent to the swimming pool with a grass bank below it . I am not sure what you mean by permissions having to be renewed every 3 or 4 years? Or what a 'spurgo' is? I presume you mean an emptying of the tank? How do we renew the permission? Does the Comune send a reminder? Thank you for your input on this which is helpful.Dawn (VillaPineta)
Final comment from me on this. If you cannot afford to upgrade or replace your septic tank if required, before a sale, I believe that the purchaser would make a deduction from the price to reflect their costs of having to do the work.
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I am sure that you are correct Modicasa. In our case we were, as mentioned at the start, going to be required to either add a 3rd chamber to our old septic tank or we had to install a new one. Without this the 'urban position' of the property could not be verified for a change of ownership from our mother to my brother and I who inherited the property from her. As we intended to install a new WC in an incomplete bathroom on the opposite side of the house to the old tank, it was deemed better to install a new septic tank to which the drainage run would be easier and less expensive lto install. It would also have been difficult to have added a 3rd chamber to the existing tank which was located under tiling adjacent to the swimming pool with a grass bank below it . I am not sure what you mean by permissions having to be renewed every 3 or 4 years? Or what a 'spurgo' is? I presume you mean an emptying of the tank? How do we renew the permission? Does the Comune send a reminder? Thank you for your input on this which is helpful.Dawn (VillaPineta)
Final comment from me on this. If you cannot afford to upgrade or replace your septic tank if required, before a sale, I believe that the purchaser would make a deduction from the price to reflect their costs of having to do the work.