Gutter about to collapse, need opinions please [see pic]

livEwirE

Hi all,

Just looking for opinions on this one please. These are townhouses with a shared patch of 'garden' at the front.A mate of mine lives in the house on the left, rented neighbors in the house on the right.



They are a good eastern european family and he gets on fine with them. Over the last few weeks he's noticed that their front gutter is overflowing. Water is running down and hitting the upper and lower windows sill and splashing everywhere. You can even see the massive wet patch on the front. It's gotten to the extent you see in the pic. He thought nothing of it and let it go on. They don't seem bothered at all Unfortunately now his house is starting to get affected just to the right of the door(bottom of the pic). The bricks are damp. He is wondering whether he should call the landlord to sort it as a window cleaner told him the gutter would collapse soon. How likely is this to happen?

Cheers

Yawns

He should talk to them first and if nothing is done, he should contact the house owner if he can. It's up to the landlord to maintain the outside of the property etc but usually a tenant can do it under lease agreements. However he most likely doesn't know anything about it and will rectify it if he can.

wait4me

Does the gutter just need to be cleaned? A two minute job with a ladder. IMHO

embracingLife

you can see plants growing out of right side of gutter. That's the problem.
Suggest to neightbours to tell their landlord etc,get it cleaned, as the other person said, window cleaner etc.

dmc17

Yes, it would appear that someone has planted a vegetable patch in the gutter. Ladder and 5 mins and it's as good as new. It would drive me mad looking at it if it was my house.

CarrickMcJoe

Why couldn't he slip a fiver to the window cleaner to do it rather than wonder who's job it is!