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Title: Leaky roof
Post by: Tinkerbell on February 05, 2009, 06:56:31 PM
Mr T and I are the proud owners of a fabulous apartment over 'ere............ spent my retirement lump sum on it!!! 100sq m , stunning views, swimming pool (admittedly shared but we don't have to clean it), 2 double bedrooms, fully fitted kitchen, lounge, dining room, bathroom, huge balcony from which we can watch stunning sunsets whilst sipping chilled wine.

We've had it 3 years and every winter the ****** ceiling leaks.

Each year it gets repaired.

Each next year it leaks somewhere else!!!

This year Mr T exploded = job is being done properly......... not just patches..... a whole new 6 inch thick concrete slab which is being sloped toward the 4 drains that still work.

Today water + dilute concrete was oozing from the immersion switch in next door's apartment!  shocked003 (had BM's electric works reached that far???)

Any guesses what might happen next winter???  scared2:




we reckon the ceiling is now  so heavy it will be the floor by next Christmas and we'll be ................


back in the UK!!!
   sad24:
Title: Re: Leaky roof
Post by: Grumpmeister on February 05, 2009, 06:59:20 PM
You could always let BM loose on it, the way he's knocking holes in his place he could have the weight of the roof down to a safe level in no time  whistle:
Title: Re: Leaky roof
Post by: Tinkerbell on February 05, 2009, 07:03:58 PM
No more holes........................... please................. pretty please..... Banghead
Title: Re: Leaky roof
Post by: Miss Demeanour on February 05, 2009, 07:04:22 PM
Sorry to hear of your plight Tinks...

Have you sought advice about your legal rights in this situation  - do you have to keep paying for these patch repairs as part of the service charges for the block ???

As it would seem like a license to scam money if that was the case.
Title: Re: Leaky roof
Post by: Tinkerbell on February 05, 2009, 07:11:05 PM
No money worries on that front...we had it logged from the first time it happened... so it's down to the developer, who in all fairness has always paid for a repair... just not a proper one. It all came to a head this year and we went straight to the top....company MD..... and at considerable expense to his company (no doubt) it looks like a proper job is being done at last. Not only that, they are redecorating our apartment and putting a new floor in the bedroom (previous laminate got flooded and curled up)

Stupidly they admitted in an email that the original roofing contractors were shite!!!!  eeek:

Hear we are to meet in May Miss D????  Much wine me thinks!!  ;)
Title: Re: Leaky roof
Post by: Miss Demeanour on February 05, 2009, 07:13:23 PM
Looking forward to it very  very much ...meeting you of course ...not the wine - I hardly drink  happy001
Title: Re: Leaky roof
Post by: Pastis on February 05, 2009, 07:20:08 PM
Any guesses what might happen next winter???  scared2:

Global warming will have kicked in, like it has here.... NOT!

And you'll be Drysabone with no worries  ;)
Title: Re: Leaky roof
Post by: Grumpmeister on February 05, 2009, 07:36:42 PM
Looking forward to it very  very much ...meeting you of course ...not the wine - I hardly drink  happy001

And Nick isnt a walking disaster area Miss D..  whistle:
Title: Re: Leaky roof
Post by: Nick on February 06, 2009, 12:27:50 AM
Some of us are still werking  evil:
Title: Re: Leaky roof
Post by: Miss Demeanour on February 06, 2009, 07:54:02 AM
Haven't you passed your deadline  eeek:
Title: Re: Leaky roof
Post by: Nick on February 06, 2009, 10:51:39 AM
Oh yes, but I changed the clock on my computer so it looked like I sent the stuff much earlier in the day  redface:
Title: Re: Leaky roof
Post by: Pastis on February 06, 2009, 11:48:31 AM
Timelord!  worthy:
Title: Re: Leaky roof
Post by: Nick on February 06, 2009, 11:49:24 AM
The message would be shown leaving my machine at about 7.30 but arriving with them about 6 hours later.

Obviously their server is fooked  whistle:
Title: Re: Leaky roof
Post by: Landlady on February 09, 2009, 10:10:43 PM
The message would be shown leaving my machine at about 7.30 but arriving with them about 6 hours later.

Obviously their server is fooked  whistle:

Bit like Tinks roof for the past 3 years ......................... Hopefully both now resolved :-)