Neighbors Tradesmen

We paid almost £1000 to have our bathroom tiled and plumbed in. The guy did an okay job. However, he didnt link up the overflow pipe on the bath to the rest of the waste water system and this has lead to our neighbours flat getting flooded. The damage isnt too bad, i think we could probably just steam clean the carpet and get out most of the stain - the problem is i don't think we should have to pay for it as for £1000 he didnt do his job properly! I have contacted the tiler to tell him the story but he won't answer my calls, return messages or emails. I really don't know what to do. We saved for ages for this bathroom in our 1st home and i'm terribly sad about the experience. I dont think we can afford to buy a new carpet for the neighbour (if steam cleaning doesnt work)..... does anyone know legally how i stand or have any suggestion how i can claim the carpet money from the tiler? any thoughts would be appreciated.

I live in a 4 plex and my upstairs neighbour's plumbing is, in a word, sh!t. His overflow pipes drips constantly outside my bedroom window (we are on the ground floor) and seems to be damaging the foundations. Also, on two occasions before there has been water coming through our ceilling, once in the kitchen and once in the bathroom. There is now water collected on my hallway floor that seems to have come through the light socket in my ceilling. Now both my hall lights don't work and my laminate floor is ruined.

This is what i have done, i have spoken to him about it and he always comes up with BS excuses, ie "i got a plumber in and he couldn't find anything" etc ( i know this is a lie and he only seems to turn his water off for short periods of time to pause the drip etc).

I also sent him a letter of which i have retained a copy.

So, what should i do? Get estimates from tradesmen and take him to small claims court?

Call my house insurance? (i think they would only repair the damage and not actually remedy it)

Smash his head in? Joke (although i feel he will never voluntarily fix it).

The drip outside has been happening, on and off (more on) for at least three years.

Thanks for your responses and apologies for the length.

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Apologies, we both own our properties.

I've not long moved into my first house and I was wondering if anyone can give me a rough idea on what I should expect to pay for a 6 foot high wooden garden fence which would be installed by a contractor/tradesman.

I live in a mid terrace house, on a slope though, so on one side my neighbour overlooks my garden and the other side we overlook them. Currently on the high side there is a 4 foot high old wooden fence that would be replaced totally, on the other side it's about 2 foot high but a fairly new fence and we would only need a lattice style to be added on top or just an extra small panel to bring the height higher. At the back we have a wooden shed, with a small fence/gate either side that would need replaced with a 6 foot high fence as well. Currently on the high side there is 6 panels of fencing, so overall I would need 7x6 foot panels to cover one side with my neighbour and to also cover one side beside the fence. Plus 1x6 foot gate and also 6x smaller panels/lattice work on the other side

I know this isn't given actual dimensions of the garden but if anyone has had their garden done by a fencing contractor recently can you give me a rough ball park figure so I know what I can expect to pay.

Before anyone mentions phoning local fencing contractors, I have done similar things in the past for other types of jobs only to be hounded for days from the companies who are looking for work and think if I'm asking for a quote there is potential business. I'm planning to get this job done possibly in a few months and don't want any hassle from companies who will get hacked off if I'm only asking for a quote.

So please can anyone help me out on what I should budget for?

Hi, basically I moved into my first house in April of last year, an ex-council 1970's terrace build. About November last year I had a external security light fitted by a tradesman who happened to mention that in terrace housing that it was quite common for the council to place the mains supply for two houses into one.

I never gave much though to this until last week my neighbours were fitting their garden hut with lights and we had a mini power cut which set off our house alarm. To cut a long story short they have our electricity supply box in their kitchen.

Now we haven't stayed here long but our neighbours who have the supply are a bit dodgy and plus we don't like the idea of being away on holiday and they are mucking about with new lights etc. and trip our house alarm which is quite loud.

So I was wondering if an Electrician can tell me roughly how much would it cost roughly to get the supply cut off next door and re-routed into our house? Also I read on a forum somewhere that you can possibly contact your electric supplier and they can do this for you?

Any help will be appreciated!