Legal advice please!

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sooty86 wrote: »

Thanks for the replies everyone - certainly encouraging and confirms what we thought. I also find it hard to believe that, even if we had used the shower head just as a 'rinser', water wouldn't have eventually got into the grouting and seeped through.

As for writing to him - he's already been round, seen the damage and had a discussion with us and said he won't pay - so will we benefit from doing this?

Out of interest, what is the legislation that governs all of this?

You are writing to officially inform the landlord of the damage so he cannot later say you did not tell him in a timely manner and are thus responsible for the extent of the damage. Secondly you are writing to protect yourself, if this ends up as a deposit dispute, or with Environmental Health, or in the small claims court you will have a paper trail of your efforts to resolve the situation.

The water would have seeped through however careful you were if there has been poor workmanship. That is why DIY sheds sell waterproof plasterboard, marine ply, silicone sealant, waterproof tile adhesive and grout!! Anyone who has done a bit of bathroom DIY should know that, as should a professional landlord and certainly a plumber or tiler.