Mr Strata said:
The repairs inside your unit may be covered by the OC's insurances, but not the internal paintwork inside your apartment, this may be covered under your contents insurance.
Can we just clarify – if the damage to the paintwork is caused by a common property issue, then making good the paintwork IS the responsibility of the OC since they have effectively contributed to the damage done. I'm stressing this point because strata managers and EC members will often use the definition of what is and isn't common property – the wall is, the paint isn't – to avoid paying for repainting damaged paintwork. That distinction doesn't apply when the problem was theirs to begin with.
Similarly, if the damage was cause by a problem that's the upstairs owner's responsibility, then they have to pay for the repainting (although you may struggle to get the money out of them).