Re: Leaking waste pipe from unit above

Thank you Jimmy for your prompt reply. I will call Consumer Affairs as well. If I may, I’ll add a few points here from the Plan of Subdivision:

– “All internal columns, service ducts and pipe shafts within the building unless labelled otherwise, are deemed to be part of common property … the positions of these columns, ducts and shafts have not all been shown on the diagrams contained herein”.

– “The common property is all the land in this plan except [long list of all the lots]”.

– “Location of boundaries defined by buildings: median“.

– The cross section diagram of the building does not show common property spaces in the ceiling cavity between one floor to the next.

I don’t know how to interpret “pipe shaft” or “median”.

Could there any possibility, either:

a) that the space from above my ceiling plaster up to the concrete through which the pipes penetrate is not common property, and therefore is entirely my responsibility?

or

b) that even if the OC agrees to repair the leaking pipe (or insists the owner upstairs repair their lot) they still require me to pay for the repair of my own ceiling?