Water Ingress Issues
Posted: 02 Dec 2011 21:52
Hi There - my first post here so hi to everyone!
I purchased 2 apartments off plan about 6 years ago now - they are in a block in a private gated village.
I have 2, 1 bedroom apartments
I have had a problem almost since handover where the 1 apartment leaks badly through a bedroom ceiling everytime we have heavy rain.
There are lots of issues i have with the comlex / build (hassapis) but ill try to keep this breif-
Last year at great expense to the owners the comittee agreed to pay for a british builder to reseal all of the roofs on the blocks as this was thought to be the main problem. Guess what - as soon as we have a decent downfall the leak strikes agian in my bedroom!
Leading in me again losing rental business and also at great cost to me having to move guests out of my apartment that were staying in the room at the time.
Basically the problems are not solved as the chap above me in the penthgouse also has issues with water ingress .
I have taken it upon myself to get another builder to look to see if he can get to the bottom of the problem
not conclusive yet - but it may be the drain/soakaway pipe that the builders embedd into the concrete that runs above my bedroom
the thought is that this pipe was never sealed properly or has degraded after the initial build.
this would cost possibly hundreds if not thousands to sort the issue - but i feel as though this is a comitte issue and property issue from hassapis
This is already costing me lots of my own money.
The question i have at this moment is where can i go to get help as i just keep getting passed from pillar to post and the problem has been bad over the last 3 winters - causing me great stress being thousands of miles away.
I believe the building has a 10 yr guarantee from hassapis - but they just pass the buck all of the time
i have tried cliaming on the buildings insurance but they say it is a build uissue and will not cover the repairs or damage (alpha bank useless)
can i go back to the commitee and get the comitee to pay for this out of the community fees (that have doubled in the last 2 years)
and i pay for 2 lots!!!
Im doubtful they will accept this so im actually refusing to pay my communal fees at the moment as i think it is unfair that i cannot rent my apartment during the winter due to this issue
Does anyone know where i can go from here for help?
Am in doing the right thing - ?>
Im at my wits end and almost ready just to throw the keys back at hassapis and let them deal with it and never pay another bean to alpha bank mortgage
please help me do the right thing and get the right advice
I purchased 2 apartments off plan about 6 years ago now - they are in a block in a private gated village.
I have 2, 1 bedroom apartments
I have had a problem almost since handover where the 1 apartment leaks badly through a bedroom ceiling everytime we have heavy rain.
There are lots of issues i have with the comlex / build (hassapis) but ill try to keep this breif-
Last year at great expense to the owners the comittee agreed to pay for a british builder to reseal all of the roofs on the blocks as this was thought to be the main problem. Guess what - as soon as we have a decent downfall the leak strikes agian in my bedroom!
Leading in me again losing rental business and also at great cost to me having to move guests out of my apartment that were staying in the room at the time.
Basically the problems are not solved as the chap above me in the penthgouse also has issues with water ingress .
I have taken it upon myself to get another builder to look to see if he can get to the bottom of the problem
not conclusive yet - but it may be the drain/soakaway pipe that the builders embedd into the concrete that runs above my bedroom
the thought is that this pipe was never sealed properly or has degraded after the initial build.
this would cost possibly hundreds if not thousands to sort the issue - but i feel as though this is a comitte issue and property issue from hassapis
This is already costing me lots of my own money.
The question i have at this moment is where can i go to get help as i just keep getting passed from pillar to post and the problem has been bad over the last 3 winters - causing me great stress being thousands of miles away.
I believe the building has a 10 yr guarantee from hassapis - but they just pass the buck all of the time
i have tried cliaming on the buildings insurance but they say it is a build uissue and will not cover the repairs or damage (alpha bank useless)
can i go back to the commitee and get the comitee to pay for this out of the community fees (that have doubled in the last 2 years)
and i pay for 2 lots!!!
Im doubtful they will accept this so im actually refusing to pay my communal fees at the moment as i think it is unfair that i cannot rent my apartment during the winter due to this issue
Does anyone know where i can go from here for help?
Am in doing the right thing - ?>
Im at my wits end and almost ready just to throw the keys back at hassapis and let them deal with it and never pay another bean to alpha bank mortgage
please help me do the right thing and get the right advice