Water Leakage from Second Floor Residents Unit.

Dear Owners,

We wish to mention that we enconter a few cases of the water leakage each year from Second floor resident units flowing into first floor, then, flow into the ground floor ; Sometime from first floor to ground floor.

Why is this happening, years after years?

1) Case No. One, the water leakage from the floor trap : This is where the water from the water sink and the bathroom flow, when a blockage occur, normally, the occupants themselves try to clear the blockage. if they are not experienced, the whole cover at T- junction joint would drop. Imagine all the water volume flowing down directing to the first floor, then, to the ground floor. Anything along the way would be wet.

The first response from the owner of the first floor and Second floor would do is make complaint and talk about making claim. We are living in a lawful country. Every step is governed by ruls and law. According to the common knowledge, who make the mistake or who cause it would pay for it.

Now, most owner do not aware of the problems, there are a lot of question. like,
Who is reponsible ? Where is the cause of the problem? Is it from the common property or is it from the owners' property.? You may ask, What is common property or what is owners property? What is your rights and what is the rights of your neighbour? Now, we need to see the terms and conditions in the strata ruling ; the common property or the owner property. The managment handle the common property as soon as possible. The owner handle the owners' property. How is the common property defined? Generally, the management handle the common property, like the staircase, the roof, the common corridor, the window at the common corridor, the door at the common corridor. The owner property are things inside the units and belong to the unit.

Now, in short, the water come from second floor, therefore, the second floor owner pay.

2) Case no Two, recently one of the first floor owner forget to turn off the water tap. The water flow through the night. Flood his own office and the water flow down into the ground floor. The ground claim the first floor owner for the damage. Case Closed.

The statement expressed here is P & C and for our member reference only.