jayclag0115
Junior Member
California State Law
I am currently in multiple disputes with HOA/Management and the owner of the adjacent unit for an ongoing issue.
My next door neighbor was trying to close sale her unit. The inspector sent by the buyer has spotted water damage and possibility of some mold on the side of the wall that's connecting to my unit in the garage. And here are the events that happened afterwards -
- Owner next door reported issue to HOA, HOA sent a plumber to her unit, couldn't find the problem. (opened up walls to find the cause of leakage in the process)
- Since the plumber couldn't find the leak after opened up walls in the unit reported the problem they had suspected the cause could've come from my unit. HOA then contacted me about the problem (this is when I started to get involve and became aware of the issue), and I had agreed to allow access to my unit
- Plumber dispatched by HOA came to my unit, couldn't identify the problem, and left
- I decided to call my plumber, and within two days the issues were fixed by my plumber. And it turned leaking came from a drain pipe from my bathroom that's in-between the walls of my unit and unit next door. The interesting thing is there's not apparent damage that I could spot in our unit, and my tenants never complained about a pipe leaking issue.
*** here comes the dispute****
- HOA now wants me to pay for the two plumber service calls that couldn't identify the problem. Of which, one of them happened before I was informed. (I feel if anything I should only be responsible for the one I agreed to allow access to my unit)
- Next door neighbor wants me to pay for mold mediation and mold presence test due the request of their buyer (this to me is even more outrageous as the leak although was from a drain pipe for my unit, but wasn't visible on my side. The cumulation of water and mold seemed to be more of negligence on their side. If they had spotted the issue earlier, I could've fixed everything earlier which would've avoided further damages)
- My plumber fixed a wire in between the walls which was suspected to have been cut by mistake by HOA's plumber (this I feel is me being naive thinking people would be sensible about these things. No one else other than me authorized the fix, I'm OK with paying for it if HOA, its plumber and the neighbor all decide not to own up to it.)
- Patching and painting of the walls next door ( I feel i'm responsible for 50% of it as it was the HOA's plumber that opened up the walls without my consent, but my plumber used the holes to finish the job)
- Fixing the leak (My plumber had bill me and I will pay for this 100%)
Question - Is it my responsibility to pay for HOA's plumber service call when they were sent without my consent and should I be responsible for mold mediation and presence test bills in this case?
I am currently in multiple disputes with HOA/Management and the owner of the adjacent unit for an ongoing issue.
My next door neighbor was trying to close sale her unit. The inspector sent by the buyer has spotted water damage and possibility of some mold on the side of the wall that's connecting to my unit in the garage. And here are the events that happened afterwards -
- Owner next door reported issue to HOA, HOA sent a plumber to her unit, couldn't find the problem. (opened up walls to find the cause of leakage in the process)
- Since the plumber couldn't find the leak after opened up walls in the unit reported the problem they had suspected the cause could've come from my unit. HOA then contacted me about the problem (this is when I started to get involve and became aware of the issue), and I had agreed to allow access to my unit
- Plumber dispatched by HOA came to my unit, couldn't identify the problem, and left
- I decided to call my plumber, and within two days the issues were fixed by my plumber. And it turned leaking came from a drain pipe from my bathroom that's in-between the walls of my unit and unit next door. The interesting thing is there's not apparent damage that I could spot in our unit, and my tenants never complained about a pipe leaking issue.
*** here comes the dispute****
- HOA now wants me to pay for the two plumber service calls that couldn't identify the problem. Of which, one of them happened before I was informed. (I feel if anything I should only be responsible for the one I agreed to allow access to my unit)
- Next door neighbor wants me to pay for mold mediation and mold presence test due the request of their buyer (this to me is even more outrageous as the leak although was from a drain pipe for my unit, but wasn't visible on my side. The cumulation of water and mold seemed to be more of negligence on their side. If they had spotted the issue earlier, I could've fixed everything earlier which would've avoided further damages)
- My plumber fixed a wire in between the walls which was suspected to have been cut by mistake by HOA's plumber (this I feel is me being naive thinking people would be sensible about these things. No one else other than me authorized the fix, I'm OK with paying for it if HOA, its plumber and the neighbor all decide not to own up to it.)
- Patching and painting of the walls next door ( I feel i'm responsible for 50% of it as it was the HOA's plumber that opened up the walls without my consent, but my plumber used the holes to finish the job)
- Fixing the leak (My plumber had bill me and I will pay for this 100%)
Question - Is it my responsibility to pay for HOA's plumber service call when they were sent without my consent and should I be responsible for mold mediation and presence test bills in this case?