Last weekend I carried out a property inspection on a flat owned by a family member.
During this inspection I found a very high moisture level in the bathroom floor. Further checks showed quite a few soft spots in the floor.
I told the property owner of this problem, and suggested that she should get a plumber in there urgently to find the leak that was causing the problem.
This morning I have had a phone call from her. The plunber has been, and the leak is from failed sealant around the bath tub.
However, majorly the timber floor is now in a dangerous weakend situation and needs urgent repairs (it is in an upper level of the property).
So - what is her situation vis-a-vis the tenant? Can she immediatly evict the tenant on the basis that the property is now unfit for habitation as this is the only bathroom in the property?
The tenant has been there for a couple of years.
During this inspection I found a very high moisture level in the bathroom floor. Further checks showed quite a few soft spots in the floor.
I told the property owner of this problem, and suggested that she should get a plumber in there urgently to find the leak that was causing the problem.
This morning I have had a phone call from her. The plunber has been, and the leak is from failed sealant around the bath tub.
However, majorly the timber floor is now in a dangerous weakend situation and needs urgent repairs (it is in an upper level of the property).
So - what is her situation vis-a-vis the tenant? Can she immediatly evict the tenant on the basis that the property is now unfit for habitation as this is the only bathroom in the property?
The tenant has been there for a couple of years.
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