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@Whale said:
Can you explain how it is that both a water supply and sewerage line are in the air space of your garage, and how the sewerage line services only your Lot?

In a way preempting your response, if you mean that both pipes are attached to the inside face of a wall, and that’s common / perimeter wall, and your sewerage line is integral with one that services the other two (2) Lots, then I’d agree with your Strata Manager.

However if the wall with the pipes attached is an internal / dividing wall within your Lot, and the sewerage line serving your Lot has a gully-trap at the point where it meets the one that services the other two (2) Lots, then I’d agree with NSW Land & Property Information.

Consider also that under either scenario, if the toilet pan is fixed to the floor of your garage, then technically it’s being attached to the common property and your Owners Corporation could require you to seek its consent to do that, although that would be a bit finickity in my opinion.

Either way, you’d need to use the services of a Licensed Plumber & Drainer and provide their License and Liability Insurance details to your Owners Corporation.

Whale, in response to your question:

The water supply is in the air space of my garage because the water supply pipes are attached on the internal / dividing wall within my lot (the wall is between my garage and my living room), and the water pipes supply the hot water system which is situated in the corner of the garage. The hot water system services only my lot, and it is my property (ie when it breaks down, I need to repair / purchase a new one).

The sewerage line is in the air space of my garage because it enters the garage air space from my upstairs bathroom (which is above my garage – it’s a two storey town house) through the ceiling. The sewerage line then travels down from the ceiling through my garage airspace (along an internal / dividing wall – NOT a common wall), and then finally enters into the garage concrete floor. From underneath the garage concrete floor, the sewerage line travels further towards the other town house and eventually it meets either the sewerage line servicing one of the other two town houses or the main sewerage line. The bottom line is, even if I completely cut off with a saw the sewerage line in my garage air space, it would not affect the service of the other two town houses what so ever.

The toilet pan will not be fixed to the floor of my garage. Rather, I will build a false, elevated wooden floor, tile it and then install a toilet pan on it. Not sure if this makes any difference at all.

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