[jayinhongkong]

Rani: Thanks. The estate agent indicated that we would be better off having a third-party sign off on our list to make it more concrete. He also indicated the dude next door would get his notary/third-party involved.

[tinybear]

Originally Posted by goodkarma

Jay, what did the neighbor say when s/he was there?

I would be so careful. Maybe call a lawyer and get advice.

Tiny Bear where are you when we need you?

Who? Me? I'm not a lawyer!

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When we had similar incident, we didn't get anything notorised, but asked the management company to give us a report on the flood, which they did (coz they have to submit it to the building's insurance anyway), with photos and details to cover their ass. We submitted that to our insurance company, who forwarded that to the neighbour's insurance company, and everything was sorted out pretty quickly with no further questions.

[jayinhongkong]

Unfortunately, we don't have insurance. I'll ask the landlord about getting a report from the management guys. Do you think they'd cover us getting a cleaning crew in to clean up the mess?

Thanks again to everyone who's helped so far.

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Wouldn't bank on them covering the cleaning costs. But that fees should be relatively small, so put that in your claim anyway, who knows.

[goodkarma]

Going through wet soggy boxes trying to save valuables is just hell.

I wish you luck with all of this. Be strong !

[jayinhongkong]

Thanks GK! Unfortunately, I've been too busy to even start going through the boxes. I had someone go down there to at least mop the water up the other day. It's gonna be a real pain going through the stuff, you're right. Not something I'm looking forward to.

[goodkarma]

Any news about your insurance coverage Jay?

[jayinhongkong]

We don't have any coverage to speak of, but the neighbor does, so his insurance is supposed to cover our damage too (or so we've been told). We've cleaned the mess up, but we haven't filed anything yet. We need to get on that ASAP...

[jayinhongkong]

OK, we've had a second flood at our premises, this time caused by a blocked pipe. We desperately need a licensed English-speaking plumber, preferably one who speaks Cantonese, who can check out the pipes and identify the source of the blockage and also determine the cause. Our landlord says it's our fault, but I don't understand how a drain could get blocked if we weren't even around. I put him on the phone with our lawyer and he turned tails and left and said he'd have his lawyers talk to ours. The tenancy agreement says we're responsible for maintaining the pipes on the premises, but we want to make sure the blockage wasn't caused by someone else's misuse of the plumbing in a unit above ours, or for some other reason entirely. Thanks in advance!