#21641
scotlandx
Strataguru

    Your rights are against your landlord.  Similarly, if there is an issue with the flat that means work has to be carried out, the strata manager should be dealing with the landlord (or their agent) at first instance.  Unless you are authorised to act as the landlord’s agent for those purposes, you shouldn’t be agreeing to anything (apologies if you are authorised).

    What you should be doing is contacting your landlord/their agent and telling them what is going on.  As a tenant you have a right to a bathroom, so presuming the work goes ahead and you don’t have a bathroom, the landlord has to make arrangements to deal with that, either by finding you alternative accommodation and/or taking account of it in your rent.  If the bathroom has been in an unacceptable state for that long, then the landlord has to do something about it, which may involve a number of things.

    I am not sure why you say you don’t want to go to the landlord re a rent reduction – your primary relationship is with them, that is why you pay rent to them.  They have to sort it out with the OC, not you.  You are right that the OC has to pay for repairs to the common property, but that’s not your problem!