So I had an incident with 1 of my ip's 2months ago
The internal roof plaster*on the carport collapsed. The insurance are refusing to pay due to lack of maintenance*
I have gone down to the ip with a repairer to inspect *and taken a lot of photos and it's raising a lot of concerns.*
I'm no builder but from what I can see, and from reading the inspectors report, he is blaming the vine growth through the pointing to be the cause of the collapse.
I gave permission to the tenant to cut down the vine bush a while ago but no notice was given to me from the tenant or the pm that while removing the vines out that they noticed the vines had entered the roof. When the tenant asked to reloved the vines the pm told the tenant if they want to remove it then that's by there choice and at there own expense
The tenant removed the main part of the vines but left the parts of the vines that had entered the roof, just cutting them close to the roof edge.*
I was not told there could be an issue *or that they entered the roof.*
we also believe that the roof
Would not have just collapsed overnight, that the roof was already partially damaged and was bowing down for a while before it gave way and collapsed being left without attention
Now the questions I have
1) is it the tenants responsibility to maintain/ prune all plants an vegetation on the property?
2) does the tenant have an obligation to report this as a possible issue
3) with the 6monthly inspections should the pm's inspection picked up the overgrown vine and / or picked up that the vine had entered the roof cavity
4) could the expense to repair this be pushed back onto the pm and tenant for failing to properly inspect the property or notify me of any possible issues.
The internal roof plaster*on the carport collapsed. The insurance are refusing to pay due to lack of maintenance*
I have gone down to the ip with a repairer to inspect *and taken a lot of photos and it's raising a lot of concerns.*
I'm no builder but from what I can see, and from reading the inspectors report, he is blaming the vine growth through the pointing to be the cause of the collapse.
I gave permission to the tenant to cut down the vine bush a while ago but no notice was given to me from the tenant or the pm that while removing the vines out that they noticed the vines had entered the roof. When the tenant asked to reloved the vines the pm told the tenant if they want to remove it then that's by there choice and at there own expense
The tenant removed the main part of the vines but left the parts of the vines that had entered the roof, just cutting them close to the roof edge.*
I was not told there could be an issue *or that they entered the roof.*
we also believe that the roof
Would not have just collapsed overnight, that the roof was already partially damaged and was bowing down for a while before it gave way and collapsed being left without attention
Now the questions I have
1) is it the tenants responsibility to maintain/ prune all plants an vegetation on the property?
2) does the tenant have an obligation to report this as a possible issue
3) with the 6monthly inspections should the pm's inspection picked up the overgrown vine and / or picked up that the vine had entered the roof cavity
4) could the expense to repair this be pushed back onto the pm and tenant for failing to properly inspect the property or notify me of any possible issues.