Question: A roof leak has caused water damage to some ceilings and walls. What repairs are the owners corporation responsible for?
My roof has a leak and now there is water damage to the ceiling and walls of the toilet. There is extensive mould on the ceiling and watermarks and mould on the walls. What repairs are the owners corporation responsible for? Apart from the roof leaks do they have to repaint the ceiling and walls or am I responsible for the cosmetic repairs?
Answer: Some items are the responsibility of the Owners Corporation and some, the individual owners’ responsibility.
There are some matters raised by this question that are the responsibility of the Owners Corporation and some matters that relate to the individual owners’ responsibility. The roof is likely to be the responsibility of the Owners Corporation pursuant to section 106 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015.
You mention that there is water damage to the ceiling and walls of the toilet. This is also likely to be the responsibility of the Owners Corporation. Internal painting of walls are not common property are the responsibility of the lot owner.
This post appears in the October 2021 edition of The NSW Strata Magazine.
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