Reply To: Leak from my flat damaged ceiling below – who pays?

One of the fixtures in the bathroom. I only bought the unit a month before the accident happened. One day the neighbour downstairs rang me and said water is coming out of his ceiling. Went in and found one of the fixtures in the bathroom broken and most of the unit flooded. Minimal damage in my unit luckily. The neighbour reported few cracks in his ceiling. Contacted strata and they said that insurance excess is $25000 for water damage. Strata sent a guy who quoted $960 to repair my neighbour’s ceiling. They asked me to pay that amount saying it was my responsibility. I live in NSW.