OTP Bedroom leaking Need advise

My partner and I moved into our OTP apartment on 25 Aug last year and within a few days of moving in, we found the two bedrooms having damp patches in the corner. We notified the contact person the developers gave us for all defects, and they came and had a looked at it and said it was the caulking on the control joint outside. So they fixed that.... but then we had a massive down pour after the "fix" and the carpet inside the bedroom was again very damp. I contacted the developers again and they arrange for the builders to come and check the place out again. I was told then to "observe and wait and see" as leaks are difficult to pinpoint. Okay so I bought that and did what I was told.

Now in Feb 2018, I emailed the defect contact person again to ask for a meeting to discuss the remaining other defects and was given a reply saying, " ... as we are not getting much traction with the builder this year. What do you estimate the cost of the remaining works to be?" To me it sounds like the developer is trying to pay us off. Problem is I have no idea how much it will cost to fix the leak and other minor defects? My prefer outcome is for them to fix the defects and the leak so my partner and I can have peace of mind that our life savings hasn't gone to waste.

Could anyone give us advise on how to achieve that outcome or advise what steps I should be taking to make sure we aren't been taken advantage of.

 

This may not be the plumbing ,if it was then the carpets would be wet all the time ..

It may well be the external part of the building,but you could just have a plumber pressure test the plumbing that way you know it's not the plumbing side,then it will be external..imho..

 

I would cut your loses and sell now before more problems. "Not getting much traction" is not a good sign as that may happen with the developer as well. Good luck with it as Builder has more responsibilities than the developer

 

You have a defect. Discuss with a solicitor

 

Yes you are right,it could be the roof or the gutters can't take the flow rate and go back into the roof area'then into the building..But i was thinking it's maybe there is a problem in the external cladding not being sealed right' without a picture it's hard to say..imho..