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Leak from the upstairs flat, which has been empty since August, pending renovation.
Freeholders are a property management company, who are all out of office until Monday. I've spoken to their emergency builder/fix-it bloke, but because the flat is unoccupied he can't get access until he can get the keys from the office on Monday....
It's not a massive drip, and I'd put my money on it being rainwater getting in somewhere rather than something going awry with the plumbing, but still, no help until Monday is really taking the piss.
If I can demonstrate that I'm pro-actively seeking to locate the source of the problem and dealing with it before it gets any worse, what is my legal position with regards to getting into the upstairs flat myself, by force if necessary, in order to find the stopcock or stick a bucket under a leaky roof?