How can I trace an house owner
 

Does anyone know how to find out the owner of a house in Accrington.

The house next door to me is slowly being renovated, however, they have foolishly left all the upstairs windows wide open with no heating, and it sounds like a water pipe has burst. I've tried ringing United Utilities but only answer I got from them was "we cannot give you any information on the owner of the property and we can't shut a full street down just for one burst pipe"

I contacted the police to see if they could trace the owner, someone came out straight away and said they would contact Unitied Utilites lol. This was at around 5pm yesterday and so far no one has been round.

Re: How can I trace an house owner
 

have you tried putting the address into google? i know i sound numb(which i am) but thats what i'd do :) you never know, it might come up with someones name, hope it gets sorted soon before it causes anymore damage

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i think you ring the council who have the land registry.They may not be able to tell you the owners details but if the leak is causing damage to surrounding properties they may be able to sort it out.I know that if an empty properties drainage is causing problems they will contact the owner and if no response they will do the repair and bill the owner so it may apply to when a burst pipe in an empty property is effecting other people.

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flashy you are a star! That gave me a lead to a solicitors who handled the previous owners estate and they are now currently going throught their records to see if they have anything, so fingers crossed, thank you!

Thanks accyman will give them a try too:)

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You would kick the door down and have a look what the leak was :p:D

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haha that was my next option, but the solicitors have come good and it has now been attended to :D Thanks again :thumbsup:

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Score another one for Accy Web:mosher::mosher:

It's all very well, fortunately you were dealing with a water leak, which in itself can be devastating to neighbouring properties, what if it had been a gas leak? Would you still have the same problems getting an urgent repair?

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I suppose it would be good advice, if you were moving into a house next to an empty house, to try and find out who owns it in case of emergencies such as this.

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Lace, think you caught me on a good day, i usually give sarcastic answers ;) glad you sorted it

Neil...i'm not always violent, i've not kicked anything in that belongs to you yet have i? been tempted to kick your back door in a few times over the years though ;)

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Sometimes its not as easy as you would think Kate, a friend of mine living on Roe Greave Road had a hell of a job finding who owed the property next door

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As tempting as that may sound I will give it a miss thanks :p:D

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tempting? sick boy