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konastab01
Not buying a flat again in a hurry.
October, my shit cowboy builder fucks up and causes the hall light to trip. I am Flat 3 first floor.
Flat 2 on the ground floor's sani flo / macerator thing lost power as a result and overflowed, causing a leak into Flat 1 in basement flat. Emergency plumber came out that night to fix it.
Basement flat has said > there was over £15,000 of damage to my flat, with replacement of the ceiling, carpet and furniture from the soiled water escape.
Feel so bad for the basement flat. The basement flat has then asked Flat 2 for £1,277 or £1,627 (if the money she gets doesn't cover the £350 excess) for excess heating to dry it out/ cost of cat in the cattery and some other stuff such as basement flat increased contents insurance premium.
Just a massive shitshow, that is hard to pin on my builder (see pic of the flooring sealant in the hall light and water leak from doing his own plumbing). Hopefully the £1,277 or £1,627 can be paid by the insurer. Whole building loses through increased buildings insurance.
My builder gets away scot-free from it. On the subject of my builder, I didn't pay him the last 10% as he didn't finish and caused a lot of damage. I asked for £2k back to fix damage and get someone else to finish the job. No reply. Leaving it. He also hasn't paid the electrician who is holding my paperwork to ransom until the builder gets paid.