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Saniflow or any other kind of "bathroom in the wrong place" situation is an instant no from me.
Mate has a similar story to yours, finished refurb his flat to a very high Standard, then upstairs neighbours toilet waste started leaking into their bedroom, frequent requests to get into the flat to figure it out (elderly couple) turned into multiple days of literal shit flowing through their flat.
They kept denying that they even had a bathroom there as were using an ensue on far side of building that is pumped across to old bathroom which is where the problem was. They had both long since lost their sense of smell and didn't notice the weeks worth of waste Pilling up in old bathroom and unused bedroom. Utterly horrifying. Insurance were apparently even more fun ti deal with.My upstairs neighbours had a new bathroom fitted in (non original, but has been there about 15 years). All wastes left in same place, just new fittings and tile etc. In ten years I can't honestly ever say we have noticed anyone using the toilet.
Until now.
New toilet fitted is thr noisiest, slowest to fill thing I've ever heard. Can be heard throughout our flat, cannot normally hear upstairs much at all, so it must be biblically loud in their actual flat.Will be fun approaching that tomorrow, erm "btw you know your new toilet, shes quite loud..."
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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.