Water leak...should landlord pay?

[tim123]

Yes you can vote the management company out of the loop, but if you don't have enough votes to do it, it is another way around it.

IIRC The threshold for voting them out is lower than for enfranchisement.

tim

[Ardesco]

IIRC The threshold for voting them out is lower than for enfranchisement.

tim

Depends, if you are living in a development that has say 200 flats spread across 6 buildings, you could club together to buy the freehold for 1 building if the other 5 buildings all voted to kep the current management company.

Then again it's all acedemic, I wouldn't bother anyway. If it's that bad just sell

[~Craig~]

right i've had a good look at the flat below and it looks like (due to position) that the water is coming from the shower cubicle above.

The bathroom is rectangular and has a single brick partition wall about half way along (1/3 width of room) which creates a corner for the shower unit.

It's a failry old town house style and some of the walls are a bit carp and crumbly. From looking under the shower there doesn't seem to be any leak but the brickwork does look a bit damp. The management co. are saying that I'm responsible for the pipework; probably right as it's not shared....

I think it must be coming from either:

1. Pipework under shower.
2. Through the grout, onto wall and down.
3. Through roof, and down wall. Probably less likely....

I now don't know whether to call a plumber out and probably pay £90 quid to fix...if it's a pipe.

Or replace cubicle, remove tiles, seal wall and re-tile. Whole unit is a bit carp anyway but I don't want to spend much if i'm selling it.

Any ideas on prices for this?

[Dow Jones]

Do it properly

Or replace cubicle, remove tiles, seal wall and re-tile. (Yes)

Suggest the 2nd option - similar thing happened to a flat of mine and did the same. Otherwise it'll happen again (and again). Is there a carpet round it? If so, place a couple of spare bits of similar carpet round the cubicle to soak up any excess water that may be dribbling out of it.

[~Craig~]

Or replace cubicle, remove tiles, seal wall and re-tile. (Yes)

Suggest the 2nd option - similar thing happened to a flat of mine and did the same. Otherwise it'll happen again (and again). Is there a carpet round it? If so, place a couple of spare bits of similar carpet round the cubicle to soak up any excess water that may be dribbling out of it.

thanks DJ. Yes there is carpet but it's not wet at all. It looks to be going directly down the wall or through the floor.

Coincidentaly We did have a problem with damp on the same wall on the other side of the glass screen. I assumed it was the just coming through between the screen and the wall and just resealed it.....perhaps it was coming through the tiles all along.....