DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD

Bad Tenant Plumbers…

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We received a call early this week to repair a leak in a flat that we look after for the landlord. When we arrived the solid wood flooring had already been wrecked. After speaking to the tenant we were told that they went on vacation and when they returned the place was flooded. After we removed all of the stuff from under the kitchen basin we found a leaking hose connection to the dishwasher.  When I called the owner I heard a slightly different story.

As it turns out the tenant asked if they could put in their own dishwasher as plumbing and space were already built into the flat. The landlord didn’t see anything wrong with that so they ordered one and installed it. Unfortunately as can be seen in the pictures above they didn’t install the MUCH required rubber washer between the isolator valve and the hose. The leak wasn’t massive and it would have been dripping for days before anyone might notice it. Too bad that they went away for a couple of weeks and so NO one noticed the water as it started to creep along the floor.

The wood flooring is saturated and must now be removed, the surface dried out and then  the flooring replaced. The lesson here is that even a simple job may not be easy for someone who doesn’t know what they are doing. If your tenant wrecks the property after you gave them permission you may not be able to recoup the cost of repairs. For about forty quid we would have saved a possible thousand pound repair.The only good news in this situation is that the cement floor under the wooden flooring prevented the water from getting into the shops below and costing even more to put right.

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