El blog de Maria

 Natural drainage of buildings: The owner of a building needs to have  their roofs in a way that will permit rainwater to fall on their own ground or on the street or public place, and not on the floor of the neighbor. Even falling on own ground, the owner is obliged to collect waters in a way that will not cause damage to adjacent property.

 Legal easement for drainage:  This legal easement applies when the yard or patio of a house is nestled among others, and it is not possible for the waters to be drained through it. This way, waters will be given way through the point of the contiguous land where the exit is easier. The drainage channel will be set so damages to the adjacent property will be the minimums, previous due compensation.

 Voluntary easement for rooftops:  The owner of the property which receives waters from adjacent owner´s roofs can build either receiving waters on his own roof or giving them another outlet according to local regulations or customs so that the adjacent owner is not damaged.

 Amanecer in Algeciras by Roberto Pecino at Flickr.com