Jimlabruno
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- New Jersey
So about two months ago water leaked into my condo from the upstairs condo . The guy called his plumber friend to come look and after they cut open my wall the plumber could not find the issue and said nothing was wrong . We waited about a month before putting that wall back and only saw a drip or two fall over that time and again his plumber friend said he could not find the leak . So fast forward after I paid for a whole new ceiling to go in a major leak happens I have the owner of the upstairs condo come and see the leak in progress . He tells me he will contact his insurance . So today he calls me and says his insurance said it's not his problem that I should open a claim with my insurance and they can go to them if we prove it's his pipes . So hi, and I have words and this leads to the problem
So I call my insurance cut open my wall again and have a plumber come over for me this time . He tells me he thinks it's the bathtub and only happens when the guy takes a bath which is rare like once a month which explains why it happens only once and a while . He tells me though I'm order to prove it we need the owner upstairs to fill his tub up while we are watching but the owner who wants to play dumb and not answer me or help and I obviously don't have access to his condo and the association does not get in the middle of disputes . So what can I have a lawyer do to force him to do what we need to prove where leak is from so we can fix it . We want to sell our condo but can't until this is fixed
So I call my insurance cut open my wall again and have a plumber come over for me this time . He tells me he thinks it's the bathtub and only happens when the guy takes a bath which is rare like once a month which explains why it happens only once and a while . He tells me though I'm order to prove it we need the owner upstairs to fill his tub up while we are watching but the owner who wants to play dumb and not answer me or help and I obviously don't have access to his condo and the association does not get in the middle of disputes . So what can I have a lawyer do to force him to do what we need to prove where leak is from so we can fix it . We want to sell our condo but can't until this is fixed