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Floyd0 – the Property Manager for the affected Unit is effectively the “agent” for the Owner, and in that capacity they reported the balcony damage to your Strata Manager who, as that damage was to common property, should have as “agent” for the Owners Corporation immediately conveyed that information to the Executive Committee; not to the unit Owner.
So in my opinion, if anyone is to be blamed for the costs of repairs that are now greater than would have been the case if earlier advice of the spalling problem had been reported and presumably attended to, then it’s your Strata Manager.
Not the opinion that you wanted I expect, but I’m afraid that in the circumstances you describe your Strata Manager was remiss, and your Owners Corporation is stuck with the costs of repairs.