Toilet backing up in refurbished flat. Advice?

ellybelly89

Hi all
Looking for some thoughts from you're collective brains.

I've just bought my first home, a two bed flat which has been refurbished in a large old building.

The bathroom is all new. No one has lived in it since it was refurbished 6 months ago.

After first use of the shower I found it wasn't draining properly.
I took the drain cap off and found the trap was full.
I tried the shower two days later and the drain started overflowing with water and tissue paper. If I flush the toilet raw sewage pumps up through the drain.

I've spoken to the management company who say it's my issue.
I've contacted the sellers who say it's not their issue and they can't contact the plumber.

Any idea of any legal protection?
I'm going to fork out for an emergency plumber tomorrow. My worry is the shower will need ripping out and I've noticed the tiles have lifted on the floor and the basin is dripping. So I think it will be costly.

I've asked the management company for details of the building insurance as I've not had the certificate from my lawyers.

Ideally the sellers / original plumber would cover repairs but I guess as I'm now the owner it's buyer beware?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

phill99

Don't expect the sellers to pay for it. Caveat emptor. And you will struggle to get the original plimber to fix it. Itsbern unocvupied for 6 months so anything could have happened in that time.

Welcome to the world of home ownership.

Mankysteve

phill99 wrote: »

Don't expect the sellers to pay for it. Caveat emptor. And you will struggle to get the original plimber to fix it. Itsbern unocvupied for 6 months so anything could have happened in that time.

Welcome to the world of home ownership.

Aye the original plumber contact with the old owners not you, buying a house is pretty much Caveat emptor. If you had a full structural survey done you ay have some come back against them.

That all said teh issue might not be the new fitted bathroom but a blockage in the soil stack. that just needs clearing. As its a flat do you a management company blocked drains might be covered with him?