@SamG said:
I may be wrong but the Department of Fair Trading has deemed any damage to common property made by either owners or tenants as being the responsibility of the owners corporation to repair. Unless the damage was deliberate, they deem this as normal wear and tear. An example of this is the marking of the walls in the stairwell after a tenant moves in.
Never heard of this one. If you damage anyone’s property – including commono property – then you are liable for repairs. Otherwise people would feel free to smash up common property with impunity.
The above would only apply if there was no way of proving who was responsible, in which case the Owners Corp’s legal duty to maintain and repair common property would kick in.