Last December, Marta, the resident in Apartment 2B complained of water dripping from her bedroom ceiling to the building superintendent Cesar. Cesar advised us that a small area of broken grout in my shower may have allowed water to seep through to Apartment 2B. We immediately stopped using the shower. We hired a contractor who fixed the grout and replaced the shower body, fixtures, tile board, and wall tiles. After the superintendent ran some tests, he cleared our shower for use and we began using the bathroom as usual in January 2009 and with no complaints from Apartment 2B.
Unfortunately, on April 18, 2009, Apartment 2B again experienced leaks in her bedroom. Cesar ran tests with our shower and found no evidence of leaks. We asked our contractor to run some tests. They found no leaks but caulked up some tiny holes in the grout of the shower wall that were hardly noticeable.
About a week later, April 29, 2009 the managing agent sent a plumber (Andrew) who did some splash tests in our bathroom and laid caulk on cracked areas under our bathroom. They claimed that it was the water coming from the shower between the tub and the vanity. Which is odd because it is always covered by a plastic shower curtain. We might grab something real quick from the vanity, but I don't think it would be a significant amount of water that would cause the damage that had happened in 2B. There was no mention that we would get billed for this.
So unbeknown to us we were charged $471.86 on top of our regular maintenance.
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