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[jgebz]

Hi, 

My partner and I are planning to renovate the kitchen of her unit. Shortly after purchasing the unit about 5 years ago, strata identified rot in the concrete subfloor due to water damage and performed  the repair. This involved ripping up the carpet and kitchen floor, grinding down the concrete to remove the rot, then replacing the carpeting and kitchen floor.

The issue we are facing now is that the original repair work ground down the floor everywhere in the unit except underneath the kitchen appliances, so they currently sit about 1-2 cm higher than the rest of the floor. We are planning to change the layout of the kitchen and install new floors. Due to the prior repair job, we will have to level out the floor either by pouring new concrete or grinding down the areas currently covered by the appliances. 

My question to the forum is, would this repair be the responsibility of strata? One could argue the prior repair for concrete rot was an incomplete job? We are happy to cover the cost if it’s not strata’s responsibility but we don’t want to be on the hook for repairs that should reasonably belong to strata. 

Thanks, 

Jeff 

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