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Originally posted by perplexed:
This is exactly why I need help from the village. Right I'm in a damned if you do damned if you don't situation.

If you believe whomever sold the house to you knew of but failed to disclose a material defect, you might have a cause of action against them. But you still haven't explained why you believe the village has any leagl or other responsibility. I'm honestly curious about why you believe the village should make any corrections.

Just because something unfortunate happens, doesn't mean there is always someone else to pay for it.

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Originally posted by perplexed:

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Originally posted by Dinsdale:

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Originally posted by perplexed:
Supposedly the builder was to put in a storm drain in the back yards (35 years ago) and never did. Now we have a very dangerous situation and nobody is willing to help.

I'm just curious, what exactly do you believe the village ought to do, and why? Are you suggesting the village ought to pay to improve your property?

Every year some water collects in the back of my and my neighbors' yards. It never crossed my mind that this is something the village ought to rectify.

Yes I think the village should put the storm sewer in that they originally planned. This is not a little water collecting in the yard, this is a garage under 2” of ice, two houses with ¾ of the yard flooded and two others with ¼ - ½ the yard flooded. The other houses have a little water in a corner.

If I just had some water, I would never think of getting the village involved. Actually I’m more concerned about my two neighbors than my yard.

So tell me, at what point do you think flooding becomes an issue for the municipality and not the homeowner?

Sorry to hear about your flooding issues. I've got a little drainage problem as well in my back yard too, but it doesn't sound as bad as yours. However, speaking from experience, 2 of the 3 people you have emailed do NOT give a rat's @ss and nothing positive will come from them. Whether the original developer was supposed to install a storm water sewer when the block was developed is really of no help to you now. The funds to build that sewer were never earmarked to be "public" funds. So while the Village may have wanted the sewer built, they were never going to pay for it and won't pay for it now even if they let the original developer off the hook improperly.

Warning, inside joke coming and most, if not all of you, will not understand it.

I heard IDOT called Glen Ellyn and told them that IDOT doesn't see the need for the storm water sewer now, so don't bother putting it in. What's that? You passed an ordinance requiring the storm water sewer's installation? Don't worry. Just ignore the ordinance, you make the rules, you don't have to follow them. Sorry MP...I'd almost gotten over it until I read this post!

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Originally posted by Fish:
I heard IDOT called Glen Ellyn and told them that IDOT doesn't see the need for the storm water sewer now, so don't bother putting it in. What's that? You passed an ordinance requiring the storm water sewer's installation? Don't worry. Just ignore the ordinance, you make the rules, you don't have to follow them. Sorry MP...I'd almost gotten over it until I read this post!

Perhaps a resolution is in order!

Had the same flash-back to the memory you reference when reading this neighborhood's plight, Fish. Wished, for your sake, that you may have overlooked this thread. Hope this doesn't set you back downstream...you have come so far since then...

Truly sorry about the situation you reference, Perplexed. The village is usually pretty good at investigating the situation and responding.

We have the same issue in our yard every year as well. I think it is our problem as the homeowner and not the villages.
Our short term solution is to pump the water out of the yard, garage and driveway into the drain in front of our house. The long term solution will take place this spring when we replace the garage. We will incorporate a drainage system.

Just to reiterate… this is not a problem for one house. There are a total of 6 (soon to be 8) houses involved. Two yards (not ours) are ¾ flooded in back and getting worse.

For various reasons, this is my last post on this issue until it is resolved.

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Originally posted by perplexed:
There are a total of 6 (soon to be 8) houses involved.

Does this mean 2 idiots are building in an area with known drainage problems, or are you planning on reconfiguring your sump discharge?

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Originally posted by perplexed:
I know the house as well. The same engineering firm that put the micro piles in his house, did the repairs to our house 2 years ago. Our setting got so bad; we had a 3” crack develop in the basement. It was determined that the stoop was pulling the entire foundation away from the house. Luckily we caught it in time and did not need the micro piles.

If your house ever gets that bad, let me know and I can give you his name, he did great work.

I may have to look into this for my garage foundation this summer...