Advice From the Experts – Waterproofing and water ingress Part 1 – CIA

You may ask why this problem should be any bigger in a sectional title home than in a normal freehold home.  The problem arises when one has to determine exactly who is responsible to repair the cause of the water problem, and then there is the further problem of resultant damage.
Let’s look at different scenarios:

What if the roof of the building isn’t properly waterproofed?

The roof of the building is ALWAYS common property and it is ALWAYS the body corporate’s responsibility to ensure that it is propertly waterproofed – this is part of the body corporate’s common property maintenance responsibility in terms of the STSMA.

Waterproofing is a necessary expense and trustees have the authority in terms of the STSMA, and management rules to impose a special levy to effect maintenance and repairs.  A special levy will not be required if the ten year maintenance and repair plan is in place.

Article courtesy of Marina Constas and Karen Bleijs Demystifying Sectional Title