Options for improving drainage of an area near my house

[danlightbulb]

The guttering drip needs to be fixed yes but it's not terrible and isn't directly causing any of the water pooling. It's just the lie of the ground as there was no continuous fall away from the area to direct water on the ground away. Even just normal rain falls onto the path then sits there as it has nowhere to go.

The area is so awkwardly shaped and narrow, it will be difficult for me to pave it nicely with slabs especially without doing the whole patio. I'm thinking of a compacted sub base then a thin ish (1 inch) concrete layer smoothed out to fall away from the house.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

You can't just tip it into your neighbour's house. Even if it's all your land that would definitely be negligent and make you liable for any damp issues they have.

 

[danlightbulb]

You can't just tip it into your neighbour's house. Even if it's all your land that would definitely be negligent and make you liable for any damp issues they have.

Im not proposing to, why do you think I am?

The water that lands on the shared access path between the houses needs to flow downhill, round the corner into my back gate, round the corner infront of my back doorstep, and then down my patio onto my grass. That's the only path it can go downhill.