Hoping someone can help. I'm so stressed with worry.
I live in a block of 3 apartments. I live i. the top one. They are all owned by each resident and leasehold.
My downstairs neighbour, who is very intimidating, complained of a leak last year in his bathroom, I duly checked mine to find no leaks and although he isn't a particularly nice person, offered to purchase sealant paint for his ceiling. He accepted this.
He didn't get back into contact regarding the paint, and when I saw him again a few weeks later.. he said he was getting someone to look at it. We double checked our apartment again, ripped up bathroom panels, kitchen kickboards.. nothing, all bone dry.
Months later, I heard nothing. Yesterday, he knocked on our door again, and said part of his ceiling had come through. It most certainly had and there is most certainly a leak. Our apartment has been checked again, and again it is dry. The plumber believes it is the waste pipe which connects all the apartments underneath the concrete that could be the issue.
I asked him if he called the property management company and he said they did, and they told him to sort it out between us. He told me that this will cost me 'an arm and a leg' and he 'doesn't want no trouble'.
I don't know where I stand with this, any advice welcome!