Bath leak: recent house purchase.

shutter

Hi
I recently bought the house on 23rd March and this Sunday I found bath is leaking. Underneath the bath ceiling where stairs leads upstairs I see paint is pealed and falling to wooden floors and one yellow like mould patch when I touched feeling wet.

Seller mentioned on Property form that in 2010 bath was overflown and claimed insurance to re plaster but nothing mentioned that its still leaking at the time of purchase.

To be honest, I am FTB not quite sure its something I can ask the plumber to fix or contact my solicitor?

Thanks

Pixie5740

Assuming this isn't in Scotland then there's no point contacting your solicitor. Caveat emptor!

Take the bath panel off and have a look to see (or feel) if anything is leaking.

Edit: In fact even in Scotland you'd be too late to do anything.

ReadingTim

Well, since the 23rd March, it's been your house, your bath, and accordingly, your problem.

Personally, I'd get a plumber rather than a solicitor to investigate the problem, but each to their own....

ACG

It is not "still leaking", the issues are different, just happen to be in the same place.

If it has taken you 2-3 weeks to notice it, what makes you think the vendors knew about it?

Fixing the problem hopefully should not be too expensive, putting it right might be a little more but depends on the funer details.

Unless you can prove they lied there is not a lot you can do.

fairy_lights

Welcome to home ownership. Trust me - you're going to get pretty good at sorting out leaks.

xylophone

2010 bath was overflown

Jumbo jet?:)

If the bath had been leaking since 2010 you (and the previous owner) would have noticed it long before you moved in.

Get a plumber in to find the source of the leak and fix it.

You might ask your neighbours/friends/family if they can recommend a plumber.

Hoploz

It's just one of those things I'm afraid.

When I moved in here I had no idea there was a big crack in the en suite's toilet pan so each time it flushed lots of water gushed down the side of the toilet next to the wall out of sight. Pretty quickly there was a brown stain on the kitchen ceiling so we looked and found the problem. The previous owner would certainly have known not to use that toilet so it would have been useful of them to let us know. But they didn't. So the planned refurb had to be brought forward and was done straightaway instead of later on.

shutter

Thanks for all replies.

I am bit panicked as some how this leak is result of the bath overflow listed on the property information form.

As I explained, being FTB and lack of knowledge and I have no issue paying to fix it.

I will call the plumber to have a look and find the root cause.

G_M

shutter wrote: »

..... not quite sure its something I can ask the plumber to fix or contact my solicitor?

Thanks

Contact your solicitor.

He'll pop round with some spanners within 24 hours and fix the leak. If the ceiling beneath needs re-painting, he'll do that too.

Alternatively, buy some spanners yourself, and some paint and brushes. You're a home-owner now so a good time to acquire some DIY skills.

marliepanda

shutter wrote: »

Thanks for all replies.

I am bit panicked as some how this leak is result of the bath overflow listed on the property information form.

As I explained, being FTB and lack of knowledge and I have no issue paying to fix it.

I will call the plumber to have a look and find the root cause.

That was seven years ago.

Maybe the fix has failed. Maybe it wasn't fixed very well in the first place. Maybe it's an entirely new issue.

Who knows. It's been 7 years and I'm assuming the bath hasn't rotted through the floor in those 7 years.