Re: Who pays when upstairs kitchen floods? › Flat Chat Strata Forum › Living in strata › Who pays when upstairs kitchen floods? › Current Page 16/08/2015 at 9:36 pm #23948 scotlandxStrataguru Austman – the issue is not whether the owner of something that causes damage has done anything wrong. The question is who owns the thing that caused the damage. The owner is liable for that damage.