Hi all, first time posting on Property Talk here, though I've been a silent watcher for a while.
I bought a property a couple of months ago. It is a house on land, but is unit titled. The unit title has two principal units, and two accessory units. The neighbour and I own a principal unit and an accessory unit each. The principal units are separate from each other (does not share a wall). The accessory units (basically a freestanding double garage with a wall in between) but joined together (share a wall).
The neighbour is saying that there has been quite a lot of leaks, and he's saying that it's coming from my side of the garage. The external walls of the garage is concrete and I've been told that it can absorb water, and he may very well be right - but there's no saying for sure until someone qualified comes and has a look at it.
The problem is that he's saying that I should pay the costs of assessment and repair out of my own pocket. He's saying that the problem is coming from my side, and I really ought to pay for it. From my side, there's no way of knowing if it's actually from my side of the garage or not, and I don't really want to pay for an engineer out of my own pocket and later realise that the issue might be his, or at least, not mine alone.
So, I think what it comes down to, is my neighbour is responsible to share the cost of assessment and repair under the unit title rules.
Hope it understandable - feel free to ask any questions if you'd like any clarification.
I bought a property a couple of months ago. It is a house on land, but is unit titled. The unit title has two principal units, and two accessory units. The neighbour and I own a principal unit and an accessory unit each. The principal units are separate from each other (does not share a wall). The accessory units (basically a freestanding double garage with a wall in between) but joined together (share a wall).
The neighbour is saying that there has been quite a lot of leaks, and he's saying that it's coming from my side of the garage. The external walls of the garage is concrete and I've been told that it can absorb water, and he may very well be right - but there's no saying for sure until someone qualified comes and has a look at it.
The problem is that he's saying that I should pay the costs of assessment and repair out of my own pocket. He's saying that the problem is coming from my side, and I really ought to pay for it. From my side, there's no way of knowing if it's actually from my side of the garage or not, and I don't really want to pay for an engineer out of my own pocket and later realise that the issue might be his, or at least, not mine alone.
So, I think what it comes down to, is my neighbour is responsible to share the cost of assessment and repair under the unit title rules.
Hope it understandable - feel free to ask any questions if you'd like any clarification.
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