An update on the situation: a plumber came yesterday to look at the upstairs flat and found a crack underneath their sink. In the meantime water patches have appeared on our ceiling. The management company is quibbling about the cost of sending an electrician over to make sure our flat is safe. As far as I see it is their responsibility to pay for this, not ours, and have told them such.
Wall socket leaking
- Thread starter Lysander
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Lucky its not yours. Glad it's being sorted.
I guess this would be an expensive insurance job if it was owned. Who pays out? Would it be the flat above insurance?
How does this stuff even work in flats?
A lot of modern flats at least you pay fees to a management company, and they will get buildings cover for the whole block of flats, and so as a tenant you only really need to get contents insurance for yourself. However within Freehold flats and old flats or old houses converted to flats where companies like this don't exist, I don't know. I suppose some investigation needs to happen to find who is responsible for the root cause and then they are billed.
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100% management co/landord in my eyes
If the water was leaking from another property then AFAIK you claim from their insurance.
Yeah definitely not your problem to pay. I'd leave that upto the landlord and management company to argue who should be footing the bill. Would have thought the LL would have buildings insurance anyway.
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Tenants aren't responsible for buildings insurance