hmm, guy from downstair just came up cause there's a leak in his flat...ROP

*Kat*

But...all the landlord did was exactly the same as we had done, so not quite sure why he was called in the first place? I dunno. I don't like going into strange people's houses. AND. According to him it's being "ruined" occasionally and this is the first time he's had the opportunity to come and speak to us about it? Doesn't make sense to me. If my flat was being "ruined" by a leak somewhere, I would've investigated in the first instance. Not waited until a Sunday evening to do it.

I guess I'm just not that forward. I would've liked to ask him to go look but didn't want to seem pushy or whatever. And I didnt want to disturb my landlord on a sunday - it's not as if he can get his plumber out right now is it.

I like my LL more though, my neighbour seems like a !!!!!!!! LL said that they have a pretty old fuse box downstair (they've been renovating it since they bought the place a couple of months ago) I guess we all have our individual opinions on what's rude or not and how best to solve situations. I'm gonna go down and talk to him tomorrow though and explain how rude he was when he entered our house and looked in our cupboards and pretty much demanded to see that there was no leak for himself

London_Town

I had a downstairs neighbour report a leak in my old flat. It made all the difference when I was invited to go and see the damage. While I had no visible problem, the kitchen downstairs was crumbling away it was so wet. Turned out to be an internal pipe in the fabric of the building that had been dripping away for a few years. The management company had to knock a hole in my kitchen wall to fix it, then tried to invoice me!

The last tenants downstairs had never reported the problem, so it just got worse and worse. My flat was built in 2004 by Lovell homes so anyone reading this, please bear in mind that internal water leaks can occur in modern builds just as likely as older ones.

DVardysShadow

*Kat* wrote: »

I guess we all have our individual opinions on what's rude or not and how best to solve situations. I'm gonna go down and talk to him tomorrow though and explain how rude he was when he entered our house and looked in our cupboards and pretty much demanded to see that there was no leak for himself

If I was your Landlord and pushed to take sides between my tenant and a close neighbour of my rented property, I would choose the neighbour over the tenant. I would have more power of choice over my tenants.

I think you would be making a mistake, especially if you don't understand that ringing the Landlord the next day is not really good enough. Expect problems.

Eton_Rifle

Kat, the thing with sporadic mysterious leaks is that you need to locate the source while it's happening, while the evidence is still there and you can trace it.

By tomorrow, the leak will have stopped, affected areas dried and it's back to being a mystery again.

The guy may have been rude and could have handled it better but it is understandable for him to want to source the leak while it's happening rather than relying on you to relay information both correctly and in a timely manner and then for a landlord to understand the urgency to investigate.

I suspect if the boot was on the other foot and it was your belongings that were being doused in water, you'd probably react in much the same way and want to cut out the potentially dead wood tenant living above in the process.

dehydrato

I don't get it - someone has a leak that appears to be coming from your home and you expect him to wait til it's convenient for you. Life isn't like that. If I had a leak from upstairs I would get a plumber out, Sunday night or not!

iB1

*Kat* wrote: »

I'm gonna go down and talk to him tomorrow though and explain how rude he was when he entered our house and looked in our cupboards and pretty much demanded to see that there was no leak for himself

What good would that do? If there is a leak that needs to be fixed, then you will have to keep up a good rapport with your downstairs neighbour until it's sorted.

Obviously he's stressed out about the leak and may have handled his initial enquiries better, but marching downstairs and calling him a rude git isn't really going to help the process of getting the leak fixed

googler

Rather than complaining about the downstairs neighbour's attitood, you should be doing all you can to HELP find the leak, and stem any further damage.

I was once in a flat where the upstairs neighbour got the bathroom refurbished, and shortly after that, I had a wet bathroom ceiling. The ignorant so-and-so wouldn't do anything to help, despite it being a weekend, and wouldn't consider anything other than calling HIS plumber back, a couple of days later.

By that time, I had a sodden bathroom ceiling, and had to spend a good few days drying it out, then stripping the ceiling paper, replacing and repainting. Did he offer to compensate me for this? No, the ignorant **** did not.....