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Hi, REIN members, need your thoughts about this. My property manager received a call from the Strata Manager saying that unit 202 has a water leak problem. Our rental unit is 302. She went to investigate that, and sent me an email like the following:
" With the fact that there is not a continuous leak, shows me that it was caused my tenant above unit 302, however the tenants just said he mop the floor. (cleaning of rock, or toilet over flow etc), however you are correct, I cannot prove anything. The owner or realtor of the unit 202 was the one who estimated $200-$300. for repair, however that would be him hiring and not us doing the repair.
My worry for you, is that if we deny responsibility and he goes after strata and they open the ceiling and see pipes, they wont find a problem, and then bill you for that expense as well. So at this point I have not done anything. What do you suggest?"
My thinking is since the unit 302 tenants (our tenants) did not say they caused the problem, how can we accept that it is unit 302's responsibility. I found this type of issue quite vague and hard to provide evidence. One more thing, the owner of unit 202 estimated the repair is 200-300$, what if it is not at the end of the day? My property manager offered to repair their wall though.
I am more leaning toward having unit 202 contact the strata to investigate the ceiling, pipe leaking or dripping could happen. If they do find pipe problem, then Strata needs to get it fixed, if not, I would like to see how they prove it is caused by unit 202 without any evidence in the unit 302? I am more interested in the logical investigation behind their decision.
Am I wasting my time here? What do you do?
Thanks
" With the fact that there is not a continuous leak, shows me that it was caused my tenant above unit 302, however the tenants just said he mop the floor. (cleaning of rock, or toilet over flow etc), however you are correct, I cannot prove anything. The owner or realtor of the unit 202 was the one who estimated $200-$300. for repair, however that would be him hiring and not us doing the repair.
My worry for you, is that if we deny responsibility and he goes after strata and they open the ceiling and see pipes, they wont find a problem, and then bill you for that expense as well. So at this point I have not done anything. What do you suggest?"
My thinking is since the unit 302 tenants (our tenants) did not say they caused the problem, how can we accept that it is unit 302's responsibility. I found this type of issue quite vague and hard to provide evidence. One more thing, the owner of unit 202 estimated the repair is 200-300$, what if it is not at the end of the day? My property manager offered to repair their wall though.
I am more leaning toward having unit 202 contact the strata to investigate the ceiling, pipe leaking or dripping could happen. If they do find pipe problem, then Strata needs to get it fixed, if not, I would like to see how they prove it is caused by unit 202 without any evidence in the unit 302? I am more interested in the logical investigation behind their decision.
Am I wasting my time here? What do you do?
Thanks