@Whale said:
Whilst not disputing that payment of the Invoice was the Owners Corporation’s responsibility, I contacted the Property Manager to request an Invoice from the electrical contractors made out to the Owners Corporation (O/C) [because I don’t pay third-party invoices], and because I wanted to determine the background to the invoiced works – about which the O/C had no prior advice.
I tend to disagree, the faulty wiring serves only one unit and the cause of the problem was the a/c unit (which is totally lot owners responsibility). The damage was caused by an incompetent contractor employed by the property manager and so the contractors insurance (or contractor or property manager) should pick up the bill for the damaged wiring.
I don’t see why the OC should pick up the bill for this automatically as their was nothing wrong with the wiring or fuse.
It sets a dangerous precedent for the OC to pay for repairs caused by other peoples incompetence especially when they had no say in the matter.