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Who owns the tiles on my walls, and who has tro pay for their repair/ replacement?
The tiles on the walls of my bathroom, ktichen and laundry are all popping off and drummy. They need to be repaired, and given that soooo many of them are lose or already popped off I believe they need to all be removed and the place retiled. The strata manager has said the body corporate will pay for the repair of the tiling on my unit walls which are shared property with another unit or common property, but will not pay for my walls which are internal to my unit (ie back onto the bedroom or loungeroom etc). Is this correct? Apparently this is happening in alot of the units in our building, and this is how the body corporate have decided on how to address it. They are also arguing about whether to repair (ie clean up and stick back on the old lose tiles) or retile. I feel that because probably 60-70% of the tiles are drummy or already off, then retiling is prefereable as the problem will probably persist after a repair, with the rest of the tiles popping off over time. What are my rights here?
SMHC
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The Acting Secretary of my Strata told me that the tiles on the shower floor belong to the Owners but the walls are the owner responsibility.
I have “drummy” tiles on the bathroom and kitchen floor, cracked tiles and breaks in the grout of the tiles on the floor of the shower recess and breaks in the grout around the tiles on the wall of the shower recess.
I am still waiting for the Executive Committee to meet and decide what will happen about the list of repairs needed that showed up in my pre-purchase Building Inspection.
I also have a possible leaking pipe between the shower and laundry wall so after replacing the shower head, will test again for moisture. That is on my list to be discussed with the EC.
Check your by-laws and strata management statement (part of your title deeds). The general rule seems to be that anything that's involved in protecting common property (like the waterproofing of your bathroom) is common property but this can vary. Anything external (like pipes, taps and fittings) is usually the individual owner's responsibility but this can vary too. Hit the paperwork and see what you can find there.
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