# Inside a 3-year legal war between NYC neighbors over whether a shower is leaking — or not

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/inside-a-3-year-legal-war-between-nyc-neighbors-over-whether-a-shower-is-leaking-or-not/
- Published: 2026-11-11T11:10:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T11:21:03+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/11/real-estate/inside-vicious-battle-at-castle-village-whether-a-leak-exists/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- A three-year dispute centres on whether Girardi’s shower is leaking.
- Castle Village wants to redo it and is seeking about $200,000 in legal fees.
- City inspectors reportedly found no leak, while the building says evidence shows one.

## Summary

Guillermina Girardi and her Manhattan co-op, Castle Village, have been locked in a three-year legal dispute over whether her shower is leaking into the flat below. The building wants to redo the shower at Girardi’s expense and is seeking about $200,000 in legal fees, while Girardi says no leak has been established and argues the dispute shows how co-op boards can use their authority against residents.

The downstairs neighbour reported a small leak in 2023, later describing recurring peeling and bubbling on the bathroom ceiling, while building management called the situation uninhabitable. Girardi says ten city inspections found no leak and that no licensed master plumber diagnosed one; the building’s lawyer says court evidence shows a leak and that a master plumber is not required. Girardi and her plumber were denied entry to the downstairs flat when they tried to investigate last spring, and the article also describes an earlier dispute over a gas-pipe renovation that affected her plans for a home office.

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