If possible take photos of the leakage and write officially to your developer. Ask them for a date for them to rectify the leakage. At the same time, also ask them how they intend to rectify the leakage. Sometimes their contractor will use the easy way out method which will be temporary only.

The defect liability period is 18 or 24 months for the vacant possession. If you find any defect in your property, you should submit the defect list in writing to the developer. The developer has 30 days from the receipt of your defect list to rectify the defects. Thus it is important that your defect list to the developer should have an acknowledge receipt.

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Normally the supplier will have warranty on their product. You should give it a good wipe to check for dents or deep scratches, etc. These are some of the common problem if the contractor did not protect the floor after installation, etc. You should also ensure that the contractor protect the laminated flooring if they were to carry out any rectification work/ renovation work. Else the flooring could get scratch. Another common complain is the "hollowness" below the flooring. This is due to the unevenness of the cement screen flooring below the laminated flooring.

You need to be careful when doing that especially if you are having parquet flooring outside the bathroom. The water may damage the flooring...
So, just have enough of water to test for leakage and not cause damages...

This post has been edited by kelvyn: May 2 2012, 10:37 AM

If you pond the water too high in the bathroom & it happen that the water proofing is not good at the kerb between the bathroom & bedroom, the water could seep to the parquet & end of parquet...