Hello everyone!
I am looking for some advice please. My garage is separate to my house, it is attached to my neighbours and shares a flat roof. The situation is not ideal as their side drains onto my side - my property has the gutter and the drainage/soakaway.
When we moved in, we knew that the roof needed completely replacing. It had more holes than swiss cheese and the chip board had blown. This was our priority due to us wanting to use the garage, and when mentioning to the neighbour that we needed to get it done, they said that they didn't want to get theirs done (due to funds) even though they knestated that they knew it needed replacing.
Anyway my man was confident and replaced mine however since doing so I have had water coming in. I had the roof surveyed by an independant and the report said that although my builder had made a couple of followed the code of practice in a couple of places it wouldn't have made it leak. Instead the surveyer stated in his report that the neighbouring roof (being the same age as the one I removed) was old, un-serviced, covered in moss, holding water and allowing any water to track in and under my new roof.
The neighbour has blamed me ever since for their roof leaking as it apparently wasn't leaking before I had the work done (I don't know this for sure). They had repaired a leak previously in the middle on their side and had used what looks like mastic.
My roofer agreed to replace the whole lot under warrenty which is all fine by me and the neightbour has reluctently agreed to do theirs at the same time. The whole roof is now going to be raised and pitched to a modern standard (it really was almost a flat roof in every sense of the word). However as they will not acknowledge that they have a duty of care towards my property, am I in my right to refuse them when it comes to draining onto my roof and instead request that their roof slopes away from mine and is drained on their side? I see it as my roof will have double the water on it with their run off as well.
In addition can I be held responsible for their old knackered roof, which is covered in chippings, moss and dirt?
Or is it a case that my contractor shouldn't have touched it with a barge pole?
I am looking for some advice please. My garage is separate to my house, it is attached to my neighbours and shares a flat roof. The situation is not ideal as their side drains onto my side - my property has the gutter and the drainage/soakaway.
When we moved in, we knew that the roof needed completely replacing. It had more holes than swiss cheese and the chip board had blown. This was our priority due to us wanting to use the garage, and when mentioning to the neighbour that we needed to get it done, they said that they didn't want to get theirs done (due to funds) even though they knestated that they knew it needed replacing.
Anyway my man was confident and replaced mine however since doing so I have had water coming in. I had the roof surveyed by an independant and the report said that although my builder had made a couple of followed the code of practice in a couple of places it wouldn't have made it leak. Instead the surveyer stated in his report that the neighbouring roof (being the same age as the one I removed) was old, un-serviced, covered in moss, holding water and allowing any water to track in and under my new roof.
The neighbour has blamed me ever since for their roof leaking as it apparently wasn't leaking before I had the work done (I don't know this for sure). They had repaired a leak previously in the middle on their side and had used what looks like mastic.
My roofer agreed to replace the whole lot under warrenty which is all fine by me and the neightbour has reluctently agreed to do theirs at the same time. The whole roof is now going to be raised and pitched to a modern standard (it really was almost a flat roof in every sense of the word). However as they will not acknowledge that they have a duty of care towards my property, am I in my right to refuse them when it comes to draining onto my roof and instead request that their roof slopes away from mine and is drained on their side? I see it as my roof will have double the water on it with their run off as well.
In addition can I be held responsible for their old knackered roof, which is covered in chippings, moss and dirt?
Or is it a case that my contractor shouldn't have touched it with a barge pole?
