Has anyone else in the area (specifically HOP / BLythe Hill Fields) suffered any disasters as a result of last night's storm?

We awoke in the middle of the night to find one of our bedrooms and the kitchen directly underneath leaking water through one of the outer walls of the house. Luckily it's fairly localised so far, and after spending much of the night mopping and laying towels around the area, it seems to have dried out a bit.

We don't have a tall enough ladder to see if there's any damage to the actual roof tiles, and don't know if it's a burst pipe, dodgy guttering......

We've both been down with flu, I've had to go to work today, and we're leaving London for 4 days at 5pm this afternoon, so we've been pretty useless, distracted, and I imagine, wholly naive in dealing with what could be a potentially HUGE problem.

Has anyone else had anything similar happen, with any suggestions as to what may be the cause? When we get back on Saturday, what should we do first? Who should we call? Plumber / builder / roofer???
We have no experience of dealing with anything like this as property owners (been lucky, I guess!)

Sorry this is so long....any suggestions would be great (apart from 'Don't leave the house alone for 4 days' lol). Thanks, in advance.

Also, re; my first question, did anyone else suffer any damage to their properties / themselves last night?

This post was last modified: 24-12-2013 03:22 PM by Pippi.