This article discusses cracked sliding door responsibility, explaining when a lot owner rather than the owners corporation must repair cracked balcony sliding door glass.
Question: Possibly due to temperate changes, a larger crack has formed in the sliding door to my balcony. Who is responsible for the repair?
I am the owner of a floor level apartment. I have noticed a crack in the glass of my external sliding door to the balcony. This appears to be due to temperature changes.
Who is responsible for the repair of the glass. Is it the Owners Corporation or the lot owner?
Answer: Seeing the repair works will only benefit the one lot and the damage is located within private property, the responsibility for the repair rests with the lot owner.
This question is usually asked when determining who is responsible for any repair/s or maintenance to a specific area within a complex.
Who “owns” the damage needing attention? Even though it may not be anyone’s fault specifically (as in this case), the responsibility will still need to fall on either a specific lot owner or the owners corporation.
In this case, seeing the repair works will only benefit the one lot, along with the added fact that the damage is located within private property (balcony), on this occasion the responsibility for the necessary repairs/replacement would rest with the lot owner and not the owners corporation.
This post appears in the November 2022 edition of The VIC Strata Magazine.
Guy Garreffa
StrataPoint
E: guy@stratapoint.com.au
P: (03) 8726 9962
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