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    Garages are usually common property, which would make the owners corporation responsible for repairing the door. Owners corporations delegate these kinds of matters to the executive committee (a committee of 1-9 people), who sometimes delegate their authority to building managers and strata managing agents.

    You could ask anyone from the above how much they think it would cost to fix the door. If the sum is small, it'll be easier to reason with them to fix the door, because the cost of repair is taken from an administrative fund that all strata owners have to contribute to four times a year anyway. If you obtain your own quotes on the cost of repair,  and the sum is low, it could be an added incentive for those in power to fix. I say could be, because some buildings are run by personal interests who take umbrage at the idea of having common property repaired at competitive prices by outsiders, or the very thought of serfs encroaching on power wielded within the fiefdom.

    In the unlikely chance that it's not common property and belongs to an individual person, I think it'll be harder to compel the individual owner to fix it, because they'll have to pay the entire repair themselves, which won't be pocket change.



    What's your landlord's take on all of this? If you're a good tenant, the landlord may be sympathetic and be willing to take up your cause, especially as the problem isn't going away and will plague future tenants regardless. An owner taking up a cause tends to enjoy more respect than a tenant.