Bit of a dilemma here. The ceiling in our 2nd bedroom collapsed a couple of weekends ago due to a leak from the flat upstairs. Half the ceiling came down causing an almighty mess and ds has been sleeping in our room ever since . So lots of stress and inconvenience. Whole room will have to be redecorated, existing ceiling ripped down (what remains) and new ceiling put up as well as a new carpet (yippee!)
Now, the leak that caused all the damage wasn't actually the fault of our upstairs neighbour. All down to shoddy plumbing installed years ago - leak probably been going for about 2 years.
DH is convinced that out of common courtesy, the neighbours should pay half our excess (not a huge amount - 150 pounds, but 150 pounds we hadn't budgeted for). But I don't want to cause any bad feelings or arguments between us and I'm pretty sure asking them will do just that.
What would you do, oh wise mumsnetters?
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Our ceiling collapsed due to leak from upstairs flat - should they pay half our excess??
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bouncingblueberries · 02/07/2008 09:12
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