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There have been past threads on this problem - there are underground streams coming down Underhill (and a spring in the garden of one house in the 90s) - but overall it is probably a water-table problem. Very heavy rain can cause localised problems including run-off as well.

We had this problem a few years ago in nunhead always after it rained heavily. Thames water kept fobbing us off with water table excuses until I told them I thought it was sewage. They tested it and said it did have ammonia in it, checked our drains with dye and said they were ok. if you live in a Victorian terrace, your drain is probably paired with a house on one side. Ours meet at a junction in our side return, go through to a junction in one next door neighbour's side return and out to the road under their house. N.B. Thames Water are responsible for the shared part. After months of battling, some intelligent chap from T.W. checked the drain on the OTHER neighbour's side and that was partly blocked, so when it rained heavily, it overflowed under their house and seeped into our cellar. Their cellar is blocked off and they didnt realise. Yuk.

Anyway, long story but it might be worth telling T.W. you think it might be sewage and they should come and check.

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