Owning your own home

Miele/Henry for heavy duty stuff.

Shark to replace the Dyson.

Dyson is still working fine so won't be replacing that yet.

Miele good then?

Then bagged or bagless.

This is a fucking minefield.

This is a fucking minefield.

I went through this then a Henry showed up in local FB groups for £30 so just bought that. Lol.

Yeah that's annoying.... but you gave him a shit job to do by dumping a load of water through his ceiling! I guess lesson learned, if you are going to pay for the repairs get straight down there, take some photos, agree on the paint and treatment, book in the handyman, get the lose ends tied up. If you don't take full control you are always going to feel like you've been stiffed.

If it's any help, we had a leak last year because the balcony drain wasn't draining above us.
It took the council ages to fix. And I'm just about already to hand in my claim forms to the insurance.

People are idiots (me included)

When you decide, let me know.

As mentioned, get a Henry. Solid.

I'll leave you on tenderhooks for now

If in doubt, don't do it.
If you buy it and it proves to cause problems you'll be seriously pissed with yourself.
There's always more houses.

I think the word is tenterhooks.

For sure.

Anyone got some sausages?

🎣

It sounds a little off to me. But I am a little cynical.
Why wait a year? Did they do it themselves originally and have come across a receipt? Have they claimed it on insurance and been left with the original receipt?
Shit! Actually I'm really cynical.

I have the Miele cat and dog and it’s great. Definitely recommend it.

No they're apparently only just done the repair, a year after the leak.

And the first I heard wasnt a message saying hey were just getting around to doing the repair. But a text message asking if I want a receipt. I guess assuming that I'll just be paying.

Message...

Hi, I own the flat directly below no6 (no5). We've finally got round to repainting the ceiling from when water leaked through from the upstairs kitchen. It was a day plus materials for a painter. £240 inc. Would you like a receipt for the work? Cheers

I don't doubt it's legit. Just the guy is an idiot.

I think most people would contacted beforehand to confirm you were still ok to pay and give details. But the outcome would still have been £240.
Can you pay in sausages?

I'll try!

And the first I heard wasnt a message saying hey were just getting around to doing the repair. But a text message asking if I want a receipt. I guess assuming that I'll just be paying.

Buuuuut, you said you'd be paying. So they weren't assuming. They were just taking you at your word.

Rather failing to see what the issue is here. Your washing machine damaged their flat. You said you'd pay for the repairs. They've got the repairs done, at a price which doesn't seem excessive, and asked you to pay for it.

Yes, it's taken them a while to get it done, but (a) it's no skin off your nose if you get to hang onto your £240 for an extra year and (b) surely it's up to them when they get it done? It is their flat, after all. Seems a bit much for you to try and dictate the timescale for the repairs.

Just not being decent enough to give me a heads up after a year.

If you forgot to invoice someone for work, you'd call first and say hey I'm going to get that invoice to you finally.

Miele ftw

Send him a cheque for £150 and tell him to take it or leave it.

Edit: although if it were me, I'd just pay the £240 and forget about it.

Just not being decent enough to give me a heads up after a year.

But what difference would that have made in practice?

If you forgot to invoice someone for work, you'd call first and say hey I'm going to get that invoice to you finally.

But they haven't forgotten to invoice you for work they did for you. They asked you to pay for the repairs which they've now got round to doing which you said you'd pay for. I think the analogy is flawed. If you forget to invoice someone for your work, that's your fault because you could have sent the invoice earlier but didn't. They couldn't have asked you to pay for the works earlier, because they hadn't got them done. It doesn't seem reasonable for you to complain that they've taken too long to do the work, and while it might have been polite to let you know the works were going ahead I really can't see what difference that would made. After all, what were you ever going to say in response other than 'Yeah, OK then'?

Miele.