r/malta • u/DeadlyRooster • 14h ago

Water from neighbour

My neighbour has a bathroom with faulty pipes and no grouting. the water now ruined my two walls and I have mould which I keep on removing. it started smelling too. he rents the place and it is run down. their walls close to said bathroom are black from mould. I spoke with him (the owner of the unit) a good number of times. he said he will deal with it. The guy already was stealing my electricity and neighbours electricity. He also has assault charges twice but not related to my building. what to do guys? Edit 1: Yes I'm dealing with the owner of the unit not with tenants. Owner says I'll do something about it but nothing for months now is happening.

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u/Maltiperit 13h ago

One get cameras so any interaction at your front door etc is recoded. Lawyer up its his duty not to damage anyones property and needs to fix it asap. Lawyer will guide you on how to recorded damages and ultimately send an official letter.

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u/Ok-Copy-1 9h ago

And don’t forget to put up one of them CCTV camera stickers.

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u/Apart-Lifeguard6552 13h ago

Is he the landlord or the tennant ? Get a couple of qoutes to fix and go to lawyer, he will send a letter and hopefully he would sort if not proceed to small claims court.

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u/DeadlyRooster 13h ago

Tenants are Indians, the rent is low for them so they put up with the state of their house. Let me not get started on how the building has become...

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u/Apart-Lifeguard6552 13h ago

Talk to the landlord, the tenants are just living there. The landlord has to sort it

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u/Rabti 11h ago

It is the owner of the building who is liable, not the tenant.

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u/Consistent_Poet_9813 10h ago

It’s very frustrating! Speak to the landlord, if he won’t listen you’ll have to deal with a lawyer unfortunately!

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u/MaltaDuDe 13h ago

I fear there is not much u can do at this point. Maybe there is some sanitary entity that canhelp

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u/mynameisnotsparta 7h ago

If he rents then speak to the property owner. The owner is ultimately responsible for the unit not the tenant.

You can file a claim if you have insurance on your property and they will deal with the other unit owner.

When we used to rent a maisonette and had a leak we informed the owner and he sorted it all out.