A stunned Edinburgh local has told how a ceiling in his Dalry flat collapsed in - leaving the upstair neighbour's bath visible through a massive hole.
Warren Venter, 57, was left scared for his and his wife's safety after a leak from the flat upstairs caused debris to come crashing into their bath - with more landing on his wife when she showered in the following days.
Warren - who has lived in the flat almost a year after emigrating from South Africa - told Edinburgh Live how he and his wife Santa had been sitting watching the TV in the evening last week (Thursday 4 March) when they both heard an 'almighty crash'.
He said: "Unbeknown to our neighbour upstairs every time she showered it was leaking into our flat with the water turning the soil packed into the space between our two flats as insulation into mud.
"We'd been sitting watching telly and then we heard this massive crash.
"The ceiling had completely collapsed into the bath and left it full of soil - we cleaned it up and obviously went upstairs as we were so concerned because you could completely see our neighbour's bath!".
Warren contacted his letting agent after the debris fell into his flat - a contractor attended but warned that the soil would need to dry out before any repairs could be done.
"We waited as instructed but when more debris fell on my wife when she was showering we decided that things just couldn't wait - luckily our letting agency was absolutely brilliant and we have a contractor coming out today to make urgent repairs", he added.
However, Warren has said that work is far from over and added: "Our bedroom is also now leaking and you can see where it's buckling - I worry for me and my wife and how many other places this might be happening in the capital."
Many period properties in Edinburgh have ashes and soil packed between floors as a form of insulation and deafening - any concerns should be communicated with your landlord or letting agent.
