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    Hello everyone! I hope that someone can advise how to handle the following unpleasant situation I was dragged into. About 5 months ago I was contacted by the Strata Manager who wanted to let me know that there is a leak in the kitchen ceiling in the unit below me and that the plumbers contracted by the strata will come in to check the pipes in my kitchen. They did and found nothing was wrong. A week later I was told they need to come back as they leak downstairs continued. Another plumber from the same company came and apparantelly found a small hole in the pipe under my sink which he repaired·. A month or so later I was called again to be told they need to come back a third time as the leak downstairs was still going. This time they did preassure testing on the pipies and declared them fine but decided the leak in the downstairs kitchen was caused by a fault in my bathroom. A couple of weeks later they returned and drilled a wall in the tiles around my bath tub as apparantelly the bath lip seal was faulty and they  could see water dripping down the wall beneath the bath lip.  Based on that, I was told thry need to come back and remove tiles above the bath tub to repair the faulty bath lip seal and waterproof the shower area. The strata manager advised I have the right to engage my own tiler to do this whoch is what I did as the quote from the strata plumbers was obsenely expensive. The licensed tradesman  I hired sealed the bath lip and waterproofed and provided a 7 year warranty on his work and materials. It’s been a month since he did the work and today I was told by the Strata Manager that leak downstars continues. Clearly this means that the advise of the Strata plumbers I acted on was wrong, right? Is it the wners Corporation responsibility to cover the cost of the strata plumbers doing investigations in my u it ? i have been made to pay their last bill as apparantelly they wete so certain that the leak was caused by my allegedly faulty bath lip which has now been proved to be wrong. The Strata Manager does not want to committ to refunding me. Icontacted the strata plumbers about it but of course they haven’t responded to me yet. What recourse do I have under law?I am planning to submit a claim to either the Executive Committee or the strata plumbers insurance company to be reimbursed for the expenses I incurred in carrying out unnecessery repairs due to the incorrect advise given to meby the strata plumbers. Please advise if this course of action makes sense and whise responsibikty it is to cover the costs. Many thanks. And apologies for the mile-long post:-))

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