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bobble in reply to @Dugtheslug

If that gutter stops well shy of the wall (like it appears to) there may be a load of water spouting vaguely in the direction of the header of your window.

This is a good shout, cheers. Suspect that might be contributing. There are probably some hairline cracks in the render up there too. Reckon it needs flashing on my wall and a longer gutter for the neighbour then?

I am planning to monitor it a lot now the ceiling is out a bit and going to a few more trades round

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Dugtheslug in reply to @bobble

It might be ok, hard to tell from the pic. But 100% of the substantial amount of water that comes down the vertical wall adjacent to the roof needs to be going in that gutter - either directly or via some leadwork.
So it definitely needs a proper look!

But my money is still on leaky plumbing in the flat above...

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bobble in reply to @Dugtheslug

Will get next person to look at that.

Re leaky plumbing, I keep coming back to the correlation with inclement weather. Can't see anything obvious this morning

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