My neighbour flooded me!

kiwi07

Tr1pp wrote: »

It wont be a simple matter of just painting over the stains.

You may still have excess moisture within your ceiling cavity which will need to dry out. As the ceiling dries it will likely cause cracks to appear along the joints of the plater board, this will need to be raked and refilled. After that you will need a stain block then you will be able to paint. - i know this because my roof has leaked recently and damaged my ceilings.

Not trying to depress you, just dont want you to spend time and money painting over the ceiling then find cracks and stains reappear in a few weeks time

That is why I am here asking for who is responsible for the redecoration/painting?

Tr1pp

Ring your managment company, they may have building insurance set up for the property (mine does) and then its should be straight forward getting it repaired.

nickj_2

i don't think it is your responsibility to put the ceiling right , it should be the landlord or the tenant above

kiwi07

nickj wrote: »

i don't think it is your responsibility to put the ceiling right , it should be the landlord or the tenant above

If I contact the management company will they be able to assist?
The landlord did not say anything about puting the ceiling right... They only asked me to let them know if it re-occur again...

keystone

You do have buildings insurance but indirectly and it will be done on a block basis and charged to you via the service charge.

Buildings insurance should cover the cost of remedial decorative work due to accidental damage and so yes the management company should be the ones to arrange it. Thats what the freeholder pays them to do and that's what you pay your service charge for. It would, however probably be quicker and easier to do it yourself if the damage is minor and the job a simple/small one.

Cheers

kiwi07

keystone wrote: »

You do have buildings insurance but indirectly and it will be done on a block basis and charged to you via the service charge.

Buildings insurance should cover the cost of remedial decorative work due to accidental damage and so yes the management company should be the ones to arrange it. Thats what the freeholder pays them to do and that's what you pay your service charge for. It would, however probably be quicker and easier to do it yourself if the damage is minor and the job a simple/small one.

Cheers

Thanks for your reply.

The flat is a leesehold. Does it make any difference?

keystone

lucky18 wrote: »

Thanks for your reply.

The flat is a leesehold. Does it make any difference?

My reply was on the basis that the flat is leasehold rather than a rental.

Cheers

AdmiralX

lucky18 wrote: »

I have my bathroom flooded by the tenants upstairs and I contacted their landlord who sent the plumber to sort out the leak. The plumber came yesterday to my neighbour and sorted out the leak. I hope the problem is sorted now but what about the cost of re-decoration? The seiling in my bathroom looks awful and in yellow marks... Who shoud pay for the cost of redecoration? This is leesehold flat. I am the owner. I do not have a home insurance.

The neighbour upstairs must lift the floor boards and look under if there is water. The building insurance has this cover of accidental water damage. If you do not have a share of freehold you probably ask the landlord/management of the block. We have a sh/f and a management company and each flat contacts directly the insurance. I had the same problem from the upstairs and the insurance paid the redecoration of the my ceiling minus excess. The insurance will want to know if the problem was fixed.

Write to neighbour saying 'you want to go ahead and redecorate, so if you do not hear from them in X weeks you assume they fixed the problem" . Send letter recorded, keep receipt. If they have not fixed the problem, and the water runs again, you repair again, go to small claims court and get the refund for all wasted jobs.

Some management, do not want to put the claim if the block is in disrepair because the assessor tells that is wear and tear, we ve had that too. But still whatever the response is , you need anyway to write the letter above.

markcooper006

this is why people get home insurance. i think you should at least talk to the landlord regarding this issue. show them the damage. be polite at first . If this doesn't helps, you can consult a lawyer