salonowner95
New Member
Hi,
I have a salon in a rented building where there is a beauty salon above me. Recently in my back room I noticed a brown mark on the ceiling… obviously water.
I spoke to the lady upstairs and she said it was the guttering nothing to do with her. So I reached out to the landlord to sort it
During this time the leak got worse and worse, now causing green & black mould on the ceiling. Came into work the weekend just gone which was 2 weeks after telling him about the leak and it started to drip, so the staff room floor was soddened in a small puddle and it got heavier and heavier
So Saturday morning the landlord came to switch the water mains off to the building to stop the leak. I had to cancel my entire day Saturday and he couldn’t get someone out until Wednesday to fix it so I had to cancel my days Tuesday and Wednesday also as there wasn’t any water
Can I claim loss of earnings for this 3 day periods? If so, how? Who do I contact? Is it the landlord, the business upstairs or my insurance?
Trying to reschedule 3 days and a Saturday into an already fully booked diary is challenging and it’s not my fault nor would I of had to do this if it wasn’t for the leak upstsirs
If someone could help it would be much appreciated
TIA
I have a salon in a rented building where there is a beauty salon above me. Recently in my back room I noticed a brown mark on the ceiling… obviously water.
I spoke to the lady upstairs and she said it was the guttering nothing to do with her. So I reached out to the landlord to sort it
During this time the leak got worse and worse, now causing green & black mould on the ceiling. Came into work the weekend just gone which was 2 weeks after telling him about the leak and it started to drip, so the staff room floor was soddened in a small puddle and it got heavier and heavier
So Saturday morning the landlord came to switch the water mains off to the building to stop the leak. I had to cancel my entire day Saturday and he couldn’t get someone out until Wednesday to fix it so I had to cancel my days Tuesday and Wednesday also as there wasn’t any water
Can I claim loss of earnings for this 3 day periods? If so, how? Who do I contact? Is it the landlord, the business upstairs or my insurance?
Trying to reschedule 3 days and a Saturday into an already fully booked diary is challenging and it’s not my fault nor would I of had to do this if it wasn’t for the leak upstsirs
If someone could help it would be much appreciated
TIA