Permanent ponding on flat roof due to structural subsidence

Bookworm225

Imvrasos said:

AST tenant in share of freehold top floor flat, England.

I have challenged this ineffective patching and asked for the roof subsidence causing the ponding to be properly fixed, only to be met with excuses in the fashion of 'it will cause huge costs' and 'we would have to get signatures from all flat owners'.

I have even cite

d the UK Building Regulations which demand proper roof drainage. I have also mentioned the British Standard BS 6229:2018 which stipulates a max 24 hour tolerance on the ponding and was only met with the above deadlock excuses by the management company.

I am looking for advice on what are the various escalation options, maybe per the different aspects of the problem, such as the living conditions, the structural safety, the structure violating national regulations?

as an AST tenant your only rights are to complaint to your landlord over a "repair matter".

you do not exist in the eyes of the building management company as they are accountable only to the building's freeholder. Where they are not the same person, the freeholder is then accountable to the leaseholder (ie your landlord)

You can cite whatever you want but no one has to listen to you except your LL.

If you want to escalate a "failure to repair" matter then (assuming you are in England, not Scotland) read this:
What to do if your private landlord won’t do repairs - Shelter England