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Dear Jimmy,
We have exchanged on an apartment – during inspection we noted mildew in the
corner one of the bedrooms and and the imprint of a manhole cut out of the
timber floor. Subsequently when pictures removed from the wall in the second
bedroom, the paint is peeling.
Re the first problem, the agent said the strata had to find a leak in a pipe
hence cut through the floor and strata was aware of the mildew.
Re the second bedroom, we found out that in 2009 the unit above had done
extensive renovations, with strata permission, omitting to waterproof the
bathroom. The wall below has been apparently re plastered twice ( too early
we are told, so the moisture had not fully evaporated). The vendor had not
pressed too hard for repairs – how do we go about ensuring the work is
completed? The manhole is in the entrance so to restore it to former state
in matching fashion the floorboards would all need to be replaced in my
view.I hope you can give us some direction
Many thanks for any help
Naivestrata
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Personally, if you’re still in the cooling-off period I’d ask for an extension to permit you to commission Strata and Building Inspections to, amongst other things, ascertain the facts surrounding the issues as opposed to what the vendor’s agent believes to be the case.
If the vendor won’t agree to that, then I’d walk away because unless leaks, which may or may not be from a pipe, are in a common wall (i.e. on the unit’s perimeter) then rectification is the owners’ responsibility, similarly with the floorboards unless they’re original (i.e. with the building), I’m suspicious that 5 year old professionally completed renovations would have omitted waterproofing, and that any resident owner would not press for repairs; unless of course they’re an absent owner/landlord and/or been told that they’re responsible for all or some of those repairs.
Come back, if possible with some additional information, if you’re already committed to the purchase, because there are other options, albethey possibly less certain in terms of outcomes.
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