The sewer pipe was blocked and the owner's house was soaked. Should the property be compensated?

The indoor sewer pipe was blocked and the sewage was poured back to the home of an owner in Nanjing. The stench is bad and the furniture is damaged after being soaked in water. The owner felt that the property company didn't clean up in time, which led to the sewer anti-water, so he sued the Yuhuatai District People's Court for compensation and won the court's support. Recently, under the auspices of the court, the two sides reached a mediation, and the property company compensated the owner for all losses of 2000 yuan at one time.

Mr. Zhang lives on the first floor of a residential area in Yuhuatai District. On February 23, 20 19, 19, he came home from work and found that the sewer pipe in the kitchen was bubbling with sewage from the house, and the floor and cabinets were soaked in the water. The scene was a mess, and Mr. Zhang quickly called the residential property. Subsequently, the property staff removed a lot of oil pollution and residues in the main sewer pipe of the unit building, which blocked the pipe and caused anti-water.

Mr. Zhang believes that the property management company should be responsible for not dredging the sewer pipes regularly and compensate them for various losses totaling 10000 yuan. The property company refused to pay compensation, and Mr. Zhang sued the other party to the Yuhuatai District People's Court.

During the trial, the property company argued that the sewer blockage was caused by improper sewage discharge by other households, not the responsibility of the property company. In addition, after receiving Mr. Zhang's call for repair, the staff handled it in time and fully fulfilled their management obligations, so they should not be liable for compensation.

After on-site investigation, the court held that the blocking point of this case was located in the main sewer of the whole building and belonged to the scope of property management. The property company has the obligation of daily maintenance, maintenance management and keeping the relevant pipelines unblocked. The blockage of the main sewer pipe is caused by the accumulation of a large amount of oil pollution and various residues, which is not formed in a short time. If the property management company carries out daily inspection and preventive measures and cleans them regularly, it can prevent congestion. Although the property management company rushed to the scene for maintenance and dredging in time after receiving Mr. Zhang's repair report, which prevented the further expansion of the loss, as the property manager of the house involved, it did not fulfill the obligation of dredging the pipeline and keeping the pipeline unblocked in accordance with the property management service agreement, which was subjectively wrong. There is a causal relationship between his fault behavior and the property loss caused by Mr. Zhang's house returning to water, and the property management company should bear the corresponding liability for compensation.

Recently, under the auspices of Yuhuatai Court, Mr. Zhang reached a mediation agreement with the property management company, and the property management company compensated all the losses by 2000 yuan at one time.