Should I even bother with a surveyor (no lead flashing and neighbours fault?)

Slumbershade

A neighbour's new-ish roof was installed at an unknown date, its possible that it was done by  the previous owner 5 years-ish ago. So I now have water ingress exactly under the photo's displayed boundary in the attic. Looks like their new tiles are underneath mine. Both viccy properties. Its only a tiny bit of water so no damage really so far, so its just the cost of scaffolding mainly and flashing.

Am on very bad terms with them, trying to sell the property and am worried they will make it harder for me to do so, if they see any prospective buyer. Should I just repair and forget even if they are at fault, and skip the surveyor?

Thanks all.

stuart45

You need a bonding gutter, not a lead flashing.

Slumbershade

Oh, my insurance covers a surveyor anyway, not used to this, so am getting one round just in case theres even bigger problems with the roofer's work.

My leak is all the way along the boundary line beneath the chimney, where there is no lead flashing.

Slumbershade

Or the bonding gutter as you say

martindow

Is the chimney stack leaning to the left or is that just a quirk of the photo?

Slumbershade

martindow said:

Is the chimney stack leaning to the left or is that just a quirk of the photo?

Probably a quirk. I could do with a walk though so..