1 Is it illegal for the residents of the building to turn off the tap water valve because of the water leakage at the top of the building?

The practice of building 1 is an infringement, which violates the neighboring rights of the upstairs residents. The General Principles of the Civil Law stipulates this, and the Property Law stipulates the neighboring right in more detail.

Chapter VII Neighborhood Relations in Property Law

Eighty-fourth adjacent owners of real estate should correctly handle the adjacent relationship in accordance with the principles of favorable production, convenient life, solidarity and mutual assistance, fairness and reasonableness.

Eighty-fifth laws and regulations on the handling of adjacent relations, in accordance with its provisions; Where there are no provisions in laws and regulations, local customs can be followed.

Article 86 The owner of a property shall provide necessary convenience for the neighboring owners to use water and drain water.

The utilization of natural running water should be reasonably distributed among the adjacent owners of real estate. The discharge of natural running water should respect the natural flow direction.

Eighty-seventh real estate owners should provide necessary convenience for neighboring rights holders to use their land for traffic and other reasons.

Article 88 Where the owner of a real estate needs to use adjacent land or buildings for building or repairing houses and laying wires, cables, water pipes, heating and gas pipelines, the owner of the land or building shall provide necessary convenience.

Article 89 The construction of buildings shall not violate the relevant national engineering construction standards, and shall not interfere with the ventilation, lighting and sunshine of adjacent buildings.

Article 90 Owners shall not abandon solid wastes in violation of state regulations and discharge harmful substances such as air pollutants, water pollutants, noise, light and electromagnetic wave radiation.

Article 91 A real estate owner may not dig a hole to borrow soil, build a building, lay pipelines or install equipment, which will endanger the safety of adjacent real estate.

Ninety-second property owners use adjacent properties for reasons such as water use, drainage, traffic, laying pipelines, etc. We should try our best to avoid causing damage to neighboring real estate owners; If damage is caused, compensation shall be made.

Therefore, if the residents of 1 building want to solve the water leakage problem, they can solve it through reasonable and legal channels. For example, they can negotiate with the residents on the second floor. If negotiation fails, the property management company can come forward to coordinate. If it is not feasible, they can also bring a lawsuit to the court. However, the residents of 1 building did not take the correct and reasonable way to provide relief, but took the radical way of cutting off water for the whole building, which damaged the neighboring rights and interests of most owners. It protects its own self-interest, but it damages the legitimate rights of the owners of the whole building. Besides, the public pipes belong to all owners, and the residents of 1 building have no right to dispose of them by themselves.

As other injured owners, they can bring a lawsuit to the people's court where the house is located according to law, demanding that the residents of 1 building stop the infringement and compensate for the losses.

In addition, according to the law, the rights and obligations between the parties are clear. If the life or production and operation of the parties will be seriously affected if they are not executed first, the parties may apply to the court for execution first. Generally include:

1, recover alimony, alimony, nursing expenses, pension and medical expenses;

2, recourse to labor remuneration;

3. The infringement must be stopped immediately and the obstruction must be removed;

4. An act must be stopped immediately;

5, need to immediately return the purchase price of production materials and production tools;

6, recourse to resume production, business urgently needed insurance claims.

Therefore, in order to avoid protracted litigation disputes, you can first apply to the court for enforcement, and the court will make a ruling to immediately restore water supply to solve your urgent needs.

Any one of your victims can go to the court alone, or several families can sue together and choose one as an agent ad litem.