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housing association assured me when I moved in that the shower backing up was not from the toilets. green food dye doon the loo tells a differenr story (lemmy.world)

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Of course they shut early on a Friday and emergency repairs don’t consider shit water backing into your shower an emergency….

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[–] GreyShack@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

emergency repairs don’t consider shit water backing into your shower an emergency….

The local water authority would probably take a different view, so you could give them a call - or let the HA know that you feel duty bound to...

[–] Transcendant@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

The exact words OP is looking for are "This disrepair is affecting my right to quiet enjoyment of the property". Send it via email, then you have a written confirmed dated record of serious disrepair, assuming they don't jump on it Monday.

If the HA doesn't take it seriously, the council likely will. There are also many 'no win, no fee' outfits who will take a slam dunk case like this if it's left unfixed.