You are reading a single comment by @hippy and its replies. Click here to read the full conversation.
  • Sounds annoying! I'd expect, rightly or wrongly, to cover the damage in my own flat with my own money (or insurance)

  • It's not my pipes that leaked though so I'm not paying for the damage. But I'm wondering what my costs might extend to. My desk has been damaged. Carpet, the walls, the bath front, it stinks and I'm running a bunch of stuff to sort it all out. Show me the money.

  • I'm not paying for the damage

    Quite right - Upstairs needs to pay (or their insurance needs to pay).

  • A friend caused a leak into flat below - their insurance covered repairs/replacement to ruined furniture and redecoration. I don't think it went as far as personal/work stuff, but they definitely covered stuff to do with the property.

  • What do your insurers say?

    What do the upstairs neighbors say?
    Having pondered this a bit I am inclined to agree with @TW and @hoefla that upstairs should pay, but I did some googling (sound the armchair "expert" klaxon) and read that the neighbor would need to be proven negligent to be responsible.

    Worth checking what your insurance documents say.

    Hope it gets sorted one way or the other.

About

Avatar for hippy @hippy started