The old buildings in Shanghai in the 1990s leak rain all the year round. How should owners protect their rights?

Many cities have a large number of old buildings with various problems. If the old building in the 1990s leaks water all the year round, first of all, it depends on whether there is a property company in the community where the old building is located for maintenance. If so, ask the property management company to come forward for maintenance. Even if there is a certain fee, the property and the owner can negotiate how to share it. But if it is an old building without a property management company, the upstairs residents will leak and the downstairs residents will suffer. Then the upstairs residents are duty-bound and must solve it for others. Another factor is that the pipeline is aging and leaking. In this case, the two companies can consider cost sharing. If the upstairs residents refuse to pay attention, then the downstairs residents should obtain the corresponding evidence as soon as possible and solve the problem through the neighborhood Committee or even through legal means.

1. If there is a property, ask for settlement.

Most communities, old or new, have property management. The old building leaks, and the first person responsible for maintenance is the property company. During the whole maintenance process, the property may request to share the expenses arising from the aging pipeline and the need to replace the pipeline with the residents. However, if the property refuses to pay attention, then the residents have the right to go to the local property office or even other relevant departments to defend their rights.

2. The upstairs is responsible for the water leakage downstairs.

In many communities, there will be water leakage in the home of a family in a certain unit, which will make the residents downstairs miserable. Generally, the property needs to come forward to coordinate and ask the upstairs residents to solve it. If there are corresponding expenses in this process, in principle, all the upstairs residents will bear it, or the upstairs and downstairs will coordinate and share it. Another situation is that there is no property management company in the old building and old community. At this time, the residents downstairs can only go upstairs to negotiate.

When nobody is in charge, it can be solved by legal means.

If there is no property management company in the old community, and the old building leaks at this time. The discussion between the downstairs residents and the upstairs residents was inconclusive, so if the downstairs residents want to solve the problem, they must try their best to collect evidence to prove that the water leakage is caused by the upstairs reasons. When the other party ignores it, the residents downstairs can take this evidence to reflect to the neighborhood Committee or solve it through legal means.