[Miscellaneous] More housing woes

Warning - today is a rant day. I got home last night to find a note from the flat underneath mine - turns out he'd had a leak coming in through his bathroom ceiling, which had given him a mild electric shock from his light switch and taken out the light in his bathroom. Fortunately he was ok, but he'd had to have the emergency repairman out from Whitefriars housing to sort it out.

It turns out the culprit was my toilet. When I left for work yesterday morning (about 9:30), all seemed ok. But after checking out downstairs after I got home about 22:30, I found that the valve on the pipe feeding my cistern was leaking; it was only drips, but they were pretty frequent and had clearly been going for most of the day if the dampness of that corner of my bathroom was anything to go by (not just the carpet, but the wall around the pipe too).

I didn't sleep particularly well - I think it was worry that the bowl I'd put under the drip, which I'd managed to slow considerably, would overflow. Fortunately it didn't, and my estate agents were very good about getting someone out to look at the problem this morning. It's all sorted now - new fill regulator for the cistern to sort out the horrible noises it was making, and a new pipe and valve to replace the dodgy one that had caused the problem. Hopefully it's sorted now, not just for my sake but for my neighbours too! The floor will take a while to dry though - who puts carpet in a bathroom anyway?