Some time ago my neighbor came up to me with the building supervisor about a leak in his bathroom ceiling. A supervisor looked at my bathroom to determine if what is coming from the bath. Couple of days before I’ve noticed some water in my bathroom floor, but did not report to the supervisor. My downstairs neighbor talked to him 3 times after they came up, but the supervisor did not take any action. Now…the ceiling went down on my neighbor while he was taking a shower. Luckily enough no serious injury was done to my neighbor, but bruises on his back and arms. He called 311 (New York City hot line) and now, something is going to happen, possibly a legal action towards the management of the building. Is there something I need to do on my part as a person living upstairs? Is there anything that I might be in trouble in? No work has been done to the bathroom since I moved in and before. I believe that we have nothing to worry about? Am I right?
2006-06-24 15:18:17 · 4 answers · asked by Iamverybroken 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
If the super came and inspected your bathroom and did not take any action, I do not think that you can be held responsible. Are you a renter? If so, the damage is the landlord's responsibility. If you live in a condo, either the association or your condo owner's insurance should cover any damages.
2006-06-24 15:27:04 · answer #1 · answered by ps2754 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the responcibility of the owner of the property to upkeep the maintainance on the building. If leaks exist then the maintainance dept. should find, isolate and repair the leaks and wall/ceiling damage. It should not fall upon you unless you "bought" an apartment as a condo unit. Then you would be responcible to have a plumber come in and deal with the leaks and then a repair man to come and deal with the downstairs ceiling.
2006-06-24 22:33:03 · answer #2 · answered by ammoconfidential 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a lawyer, but I don't see how you would be liable. We had this happen to use while we were renting (same situation as you), however they contacted the owner and they fixed it.
It's not like you were purposely flooding the bathroom.
Regards
2006-06-25 03:10:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If i were you......I would move away...... secretly....
2006-06-24 22:24:55 · answer #4 · answered by Potathao 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋