Here is a scenario: Imagine a cyclone has damaged the roof. The ceiling is stained with water but there is no hole in the ceiling.
When the owners corporation sends a tradesperson to fix the roof, one of two things happens during this scenario:
- There is NO FURTHER damage to the ceiling. It is merely stained by the water from the cyclone event. Lot owner pays for re-painting the ceiling.
- During the roof repair, the tradesperson pokes a hole into the ceiling. Now the owners corporation is responsible for fixing the hole in the ceiling and re-painting over the repaired hole.
If the water stain happened at a different location from the hole poked by the tradesman, the owners corporation may argue that they still don’t have to re-paint over the water stain.