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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave A View Post
    Based on the question, I guess the Ethekwini water loss insurance scheme is only a Durban thing.
    "The nominal monthly premium, which is raised on the consolidated bill and forwarded to a private insurance company, covers part of the cost of additional water used as a result of the leak."
    Looks like a third party inurance and council is only collecting the premium. Which leads to the question whether the owners/body corporates building insurance might have such water los cover on that policy already.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dave A View Post
    I'd suggest the extra water usage is consequent of the fault, and the party responsible for the repair would also be liable for that consequent expense.
    That would imply that it had been repaired before and was still under warranty. Otherwise one cannot make the new plumber responsible for the old plumbers or original developers f-up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Houses4Rent View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Dave A View Post
    I'd suggest the extra water usage is consequent of the fault, and the party responsible for the repair would also be liable for that consequent expense.
    That would imply that it had been repaired before and was still under warranty. Otherwise one cannot make the new plumber responsible for the old plumbers or original developers f-up.
    I suggest we missed each other on the point -

    My point is if the owner is responsible for the cost of repair, it is the owner that should also be responsible for the extra water bill as it is consequent to the damage being repaired.
    Similarly if it is the tenant's responsibility, or the body corporate's, etc. ...

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    Our landlord has now got back to us to say that she has since found out from the people who drafted the lease agreement that it is her responsibility to pay for the water bill. Thank you to everyone for your input.

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