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Ground water causing damage
I own a townhouse in Rustenburg that seems to be build in a wetland as ground water is pushing up and causing my lawn to be a soggy marsh. The plaster on the inside walls are waterlogged and paint is pealing from the walls, in the garage the plaster is coming off the walls. The body corporate is side stepping the issue and passing the buck while the house is standing vacant as I can,t find tenents to rent with the situation as is. Can I get a contractor to fix the problem and sue the B/C to refund me for costs.
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RE: Ground water causing damage
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RE: Ground water causing damage
IMO: The short answer : NO;
The long answer : YES - hope you have a paper trail of your efforts in the past and a paper trail of the trustees' meetings to discuss your plea.
Notify the trustees that, considering your efforts in the past to obtain their assistance on a matter to resolve common property issues which has a direct influence on your unit and the common property outside of the median line, you notify them of your intention to carry on with repairs within x number of days from date of your notification, which repairs will then be for the BC account.
If they are clever they might gain sight of the possibility to be held personally liable for the excessive cost of repairs, which could have been reduced, had they acted earlier.
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