@Whale said:
Luke – as always, it depends.If the pipe was within or on Common Property but it served only your Lot, then its repair and the rectification of any damage caused by its failure are both your responsibility, with the location of the problem section of pipework and the rectification of any damage to the Lot being claimable by you on your contents insurance.
I’m sorry Whale but I disagree, if the pipe failure occurs in common OR lot property (within a wall and not a pipe from a wall outlet to an appliance) the cost of the repair would be covered by the Strata building insurance. The strata building insurance covers the whole building (not just the common property).
Any damage to your contents would be claimable on your contents insurance (and would not be the OC responsibility). The contents insurance will never cover the repair of structural items (but it will cover the damage caused by structural failure to contents)
OP why are you trying to blame the OC for what is in effect an accident and is why we have insurance. The exception to this would be if you reported a small leak and the EC did nothing and then the pipe burst causing serious damage, is this why you are trying to blame the OC.