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I was initially confused about the link between a “sink” and a “cistern cock’ but it seems that the sink was in the bathroom as opposed to in your property’s kitchen, where those flexible / braided hoses that many plumbers use with gay abandon are regularly problematic, particularly on hotwater services.
The first thing that you could do is to have a plumber replace all flexible / braided hoses within your property with annealed copper tubing with flared connections, and then as PeterC suggested (post #2) approach your Owners Corporation (secretary or strata manager) about its installation of isolation valves on the common water supply to every Lot in the Plan.
Depending upon the reaction, you may need to submit a Motion for inclusion on the Agenda for the next General Meeting in order to have the matter more widely discussed and voted upon, where owners might consider the inconvenience and other impacts of the water supply to the entire building being turned-off on every occasion that plumbing work is necessary within a Lot.
The plumber’s report that the fault in your lot arose for works earlier undertaken somewhere else on the property may well support your Motion, but I wouldn’t be inclined to also rely upon that to seek a reimbursement of your costs by the Owners Corporation (O/C).
Why?
In part because PeterC is correct concerning the demarcation of responsibility between you and the O/C, further due to the long established convention that Owners are responsible for the maintenance and repair of any service (e.g. water & electricity) that’s physically within their lot, and the failure rate of those flexible / braided hoses irrespective of any other works being undertaken in the building.