Dumping site on property

tmccar

I recently bought a house that was in an unfinished state, in an online auction. It was mid summer and on the right side of the house there was what appeared to be a mound of earth, overgrown with briars and bushes. When doing some groun works on the property later, I discovered that it was a rubbish skip.

I have been several days removing the rubbish - would I have any grounds for taking action against the agents or the previous owners?

On what basis?

airy fairy

Surely your engineer should've taken note of what it was?

Calahonda52

If in an online auction

no redress from anyone, anywhere, anytime.

You bought it as seen, or not as the case may have been

Donald Trump

Caveat emptor

On the plus side, a free skip for you

antoinolachtnai

You might but you probably don’t and even if you do the previous owner probably doesn’t have the money to compensate you. It would be very expensive and time-consuming to find out for sure.

tmccar

Ok, I'll clear it out and get on with it!

Danzy

Dump the stuff and sell the skip

elperello

Is there a name or phone number on the skip ?

Contact them they will probably be glad to get their property back.

standardg60

I think the OP meant rubbish tip, not that there's actually a skip there.

enricoh

Halloween is only around the corner!

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121192520#Comment_121192520

If that is the case he should dispose of the waste to a licenced facility as soon as possible.

As the landowner the onus is now on him.

tmccar

Yes, there's no skip, just lots of rubbish.

I can see why it was sold in mid-summer.

SEPT 23 1989

If that's the only issue you had with the house buying from an online auction count yourself lucky