I am sorry to report that I recently experienced significant issues with water flooding into my home, at 3F2, again. (Tue 25 May 2021). 

I managed to get someone to come out at short notice and check it.  He confirmed that due to the rhones being blocked, with debris and weeds (see photos in this Google Photo Album)  the water was unable to get round the bay window to the down pipe on the far side of 3F1, and so it just backed up and into mine.  This amount of growth and vegetation has obviously taken quite some time to accumulate, with the seagulls not helping.  This reinforces the impact of a lack of any routine maintenance schedule to help keep them cleared. 

The advice was that it should be cleared at least twice a year - next time in the autumn, say November time, once the trees have shed their leaves.  (On the up side, he did say that the roof was still in great order!).  It is 10 years since we undertook a full building survey which highlighted work likely to be required in the short, medium and long term.  A decade on and we are now at that 'long term' point, so it may well be prudent to review some of the points identified at that time, in order to catch any of them before they become urgent.

Given the volume of water and the urgency of this particular situation, I agreed to their quote to come back and clear it on Wednesday 3 June 2021, which he did.  

I  now seek your support please for 

a)  payment of £30 per property 

(which is less that a 1/14th share of the £473.28 paid in full by me on 10th June 2021).  

and 

b) a proposal that we establish a proper maintenance routine with a local firm to prevent this from happening again.     

At the very least, we might consider using our existing BSORA (Brunswick Street Residents and Owners Association) bank account to gather regular payments so that we can continue to protect our properties.  The company used on this occasion was Weatherseal Roofing, sourced via Home Force ) but I suggest that we gather competitive quotes from a range of companies and choose one to agree a running contract with for the building.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please don't hesitate to contact me.  

Thanks for your support, 

Catriona