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ACT: Who is responsible for roof leaks in a Class A strata building?

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This article discusses class A strata roof leak responsibility and confirms the owners corporation must fix the roof and related damage.

Question: I own a top floor apartment in a Class A building in Canberra. The roof leaked and caused damage to my ceiling. Is the Owners Corporation responsible for fixing the leaks and repairing any damage?

Answer: The Owners Corporation is responsible for undertaking necessary repairs to the roof to prevent water ingress affecting your unit

In an A Class development, the roof is identified as common property and under S24 of The Unit Titles (Management) 2011, the Owners Corporation is responsible to maintain common property, amongst other things.

Simply put, yes, the Owners Corporation is responsible for undertaking necessary repairs to the roof to prevent water ingress affecting your unit, as well as to repair resultant damage to your ceiling as a result of the roof leak.

This post appears in Strata News #543.

Nina Cannell
Signature Strata
E: nina@signaturestrata.com.au
P: 02 6185 0347

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About Nina Cannell, Signature Strata

There are very few Canberra Strata Managers who can boast 20+ years of professional and practical experience, with the level of knowledge and insight that Nina Cannell provides to local Practitioners, Executive Committees and Strata Communities.

Nina has been devoted to educating strata communities and mentoring generations of Strata Managers over the period she has dedicated to the strata industry.

Being acutely motivated, she is perpetually focused on ensuring consistency in industry behaviours, perfecting service deliverables and developing an in-depth understanding of governance and legislative requirements in all who are interested in such a specialised sector of the property Industry.

Nina is well-respected, committed to best-practice and passionate about growing our industry reputation both within the ACT and Nationally.

Nina is a regular contributor to LookUpStrata. You can take a look at Nina’s articles here .

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