Dry Rot

Sha1969

The house upstairs from me has dry rot under their living room floor. They have told me that the workmen need to come into my house and remove a large part of my ceiling. I don’t see why they need to come into my house and cause a disruption. Can they not just go under the upstairs floor. Worse is that they want me to pay for this.

FreeBear

Is this a leasehold flat ?

In which case, surely it would be the freeholder's responsibility to fix the dry rot - If this is the case, then all the leaseholders would be paying a share of the cost. But this would/should be subject to the wording of the leasehold agreement.

daveyjp

Is 'Their' living room floor also the ceiling to your room? 

Dry rot doesn't respect boundaries or ownership.  It is also extremely destructive if not removed so you need to work together to get it sorted.

Sha1969

Their living room is above my ceiling but I don’t understand why part of my ceiling needs to be removed.

Sha1969

The house upstairs is privately owned. It was the fact that this new person who has just bought it was telling me that I need to pay money and part of my ceiling needs to be removed even though I don’t have a problem.

stuart45

The ceiling joists might be rotten, in which case to replace them your ceiling needs to come down.

pramsay13

Sha1969 said:

The house upstairs is privately owned. It was the fact that this new person who has just bought it was telling me that I need to pay money and part of my ceiling needs to be removed even though I don’t have a problem.

If the dry rot causes their living room floor to fall you will very quickly have a serious problem.

Sha1969

The report never mentioned the ceiling joists just the upstairs floor joists. This is why i was wondering about my ceiling.

NeverTooLate

Sha1969 said:

The report never mentioned the ceiling joists just the upstairs floor joists. This is why i was wondering about my ceiling.

Your ceiling joists could be their floor joists, so if they have to replace them your ceiling has to come down.

stuart45

The upstairs floor joists are your ceiling joists.

travis-powers

This is major work, the replacement joists would have to be fitted from your flat.
 Is it a bathroom above?
I would like to see a report/quote, then find out who’s responsible for the fabric of the building worst case you may be able to claim off your insurance.