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Just wanting to update in case this is useful to others and also to thank Jimmy for your advice.
This week the adjudicator served the OC with an order to rectify all the damage at their expense! Saying that as the damage was caused by common property I am not responsible and should not be expected to pay for it or claim it on my insurance.
Unfortunately they can’t order the OC or strata to pay costs so in all it has cost me about $150 in filing fees (including the mediation that strata ignored) as well as numerous hours of work and stress (I still haven’t managed to find out what actually caused the leak and what was done to fix it but apparently it is still actually leaking a bit).
Now I just hope that Strata actually do the work. It seems unfair that the owners have to pay for the work (and also a penalty if it doesn’t get done) when really it is the direct fault of the complete and total incompetence of the strata managers.