Week 7 (Literally, "oh s**t")

This little pipe is causing massive problems - this sewage pipe, running through my building site, from the house behind ... simply should not be there. Construction on my site will soon have to stop until the problem is resolved.
At a time of summer vacations for many stakeholders, this could cause delays.

Logically, how else is the house behind going to get its sewage to the main town connection sewage pipe behind my property (considering that my land used to be its garden).
However, somehow it was never registered with the city council (which happened a lot in the 60's, never enforced) - and my contract to purchase the land has no 'Baulast' giving them the right to have a pipe through my property.

The owner of the house thinks he bought the house legally and it is not his problem either (just wait til I block his sewage pipe!!!!).
The original owner/builder is probably no longer around.

Great, I am going to have a nasty disupte with my new neighbour before I have started construction.

Somehow I will have to redirect his pipe around my new house and through my garden (unless I am nasty and refuse), but he is going to have to pay for it!!!! I kinda feel sorry for the guy, he just spent ****loads on a new house only to find after the fact
a) his garden is actually not his garden after all, it is my land
b) he has a building site at his back door
c) his nice expensive view is going to be part-blocked by my house

and now
d) he is going to have to pay to re-route a sewage pipe which he never imagined would be a problem
not to mention
e) he will have to fork out some money to share the cost of fencing our properties off!

Someone, remind me why I had this crazy notion to build a house ... in a foreign country ... with more laws & rules than inhabitants!