Everybody is talking about your insurance. Shouldn't the landlord have to pay for the damage to your equipment?
Dave didn't notice this though.
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Everybody is talking about your insurance. Shouldn't the landlord have to pay for the damage to your equipment?
The usual thing is that the building owner or body corporate (depending on the ownership of the building) will be responsible for insurance on the building, which includes fixtures such as carpet and light fittings. Each tenant will be responsible for the insurance on their own contents.
Dave didn't notice this though.
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I saw that too, not sure if it's a shadow or water. Looking at it again I think it's water, I don't see anything it could be a shadow of.
Everybody is talking about your insurance. Shouldn't the landlord have to pay for the damage to your equipment?
The usual thing is that the building owner or body corporate (depending on the ownership of the building) will be responsible for insurance on the building, which includes fixtures such as carpet and light fittings. Each tenant will be responsible for the insurance on their own contents.
and usually that for apartments and such that also goes for finding a temporary place to stay while it is getting fixed
Cue the lawyers.
Cue the lawyers.
No lawyers will be involved. This isn't America.
In cases like this, your reasonable Aussie will just put in the insurance claim and get on with it. Getting lawyers involved just costs money which will put up premiums and waste a bucket of time - and there is no guarantee of winning (unless you're one of the lawyers, measuring a "win" by their balance sheet).
Dave is certainly a reasonable Aussie.
Everybody is talking about your insurance. Shouldn't the landlord have to pay for the damage to your equipment?
The usual thing is that the building owner or body corporate (depending on the ownership of the building) will be responsible for insurance on the building, which includes fixtures such as carpet and light fittings. Each tenant will be responsible for the insurance on their own contents.
and usually that for apartments and such that also goes for finding a temporary place to stay while it is getting fixed
But I can guarantee that if the tenant damages the building, the tenant is responsible for the cost of repairs. So isn't the building owner responsible when a leaky building damages the tenant's property? Now the old 'Act of God' exclusion might factor in here. Cue the lawyers.
Ed
I hope you have comprehensive insurance.
Dave didn't notice this though.
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I saw that too, not sure if it's a shadow or water. Looking at it again I think it's water, I don't see anything it could be a shadow of.
But I can guarantee that if the tenant damages the building, the tenant is responsible for the cost of repairs. So isn't the building owner responsible when a leaky building damages the tenant's property? Now the old 'Act of God' exclusion might factor in here. Cue the lawyers.
So the only hit to me is in terms of inconvenience of not having a fully working lab space, and if the carpet has to come up, then likely the entire lab has to move out and back in which will take weeks.
I hope you have comprehensive insurance.It is not my office, so financially not my problem.
No real contents damage of mine.
So the only hit to me is in terms of inconvenience of not having a fully working lab space, and if the carpet has to come up, then likely the entire lab has to move out and back in which will take weeks.
Everybody is talking about your insurance. Shouldn't the landlord have to pay for the damage to your equipment?
The usual thing is that the building owner or body corporate (depending on the ownership of the building) will be responsible for insurance on the building, which includes fixtures such as carpet and light fittings. Each tenant will be responsible for the insurance on their own contents.
So the only hit to me is in terms of inconvenience of not having a fully working lab space, and if the carpet has to come up, then likely the entire lab has to move out and back in which will take weeks.
Perhaps an EEVBlog "working bee" and BBQ? I'm happy to cook and supply David with all the coffee he needs.
Since this was clean rainwater, the carpet might not be a problem.
Then why didn't you go out and get a wet&dry vacuum cleaner?
You can rent these for peanuts and they'll suck all the water right out of the carpet. Rent a carpet cleaner while you are at it. You can clear this entire mess in one afternoon and carry on. But you have to be quick.
Get one of those carpet cleaning people to rock up and sort it out -ASAP-,
he/she may use some magic chemicals/mold/mould inhibitor
and perfume things up a bit.
They work cheap enough, maybe the insurance may pick up the bill or half or it.
Dont you think though that there is a need to investigate a bit before just doing that? Is there underlay? Is the concrete underneath soaked.... You dont want to suck up the surface water and have a fungal outbreak in a few weeks.