While the public utilities are coming to you, take a camera in your hands and start carefully, frame by frame, to shoot the aftermath of the flood. We photograph all the places of emergency: fallen off plaster, wet wallpaper, stains on the walls. The pictures will come in handy in court. Immediately realized that you were flooded by the neighbors from above – think about how to draw up an act of flooding. “Convene a commission that will assess the damage: it will be better if it includes from three to five people: the owner himself, employees of the management company, neighbors and the guilty unlucky neighbor,” continues Evgenia. – If he refuses to participate in the procedure, notify him by telegram or registered mail, be sure to keep the receipt of sending the message. A neighbor may scandalize: but the court will regard such behavior not in his favor. We sign the act right on the spot: each of the parties must have its own copy of the document, so that if something happens, go to court with the paper. ” The act will increase the chances of receiving compensation for the damaged appearance of the apartment. In the paper, we must indicate that it was the Italian expensive parquet, and not the cheap linoleum, that fell into disrepair after the flood. Otherwise, then there will be no one to blame for a small amount of compensation. Do not forget to include in the list of damaged property carpets and furniture, lamps and household appliances, even clothes and shoes – in general, everything that the water stream managed to cover.
Ask what else to do if neighbors are flooding? Tell the court and your neighbor how you dealt with the aftermath of the flood: in other words, show your payment receipts. The neighbors flooded the laminate, indicate in the “price list” not only the cost of the new one, but also the amount paid for the work of the master.
Then we write a claim, tell in paints how your neighbors flooded you, indicate a request to reimburse the value of the damaged property, attaching a receipt to each item. What to do with it next? We send a letter of claim by mail to a neighbor: let it be registered and with notification. If it was not possible to agree amicably, and the neighbor categorically refuses to pay, we go to court, better – with a professional lawyer. When you are filing a claim, ask him to include in the document of claims for compensation for non-pecuniary damage. Most often, in decisions he is ignored, but what the hell is not kidding: judges are different. In a dispute with a neighbor from above, an independent examination may be required. It is paid by the interested party, but if the court takes your side, all costs will be reimbursed by the losing participant in the process. Remember, the reimbursed compensation is still likely to be lower than the actual cost of the repair. Prepare to accept this fact, otherwise, after the long process is completed, you will only get frustrated.