How to talk to the developer about compensation for roof cracking

Legal analysis: if the cracks are caused by construction quality problems, you can submit written complaint materials to the property management company, and you can follow up and ask the property management to determine the completion time of maintenance work, preferably in written form. If things can't be solved for a long time, you can bring all the information to the relevant departments of the Construction Bureau to make a complaint. As long as it is a housing quality problem that leads to cracks, the Construction Bureau has the right and way to ask developers to solve the problem. Cracks often appear in purchased commercial housing, which can be divided into two situations: one is inevitable expansion cracks and temperature cracks, and the other is avoidable settlement cracks and structural cracks. According to the relevant national documents, cracks in houses within millimeters are allowed.

Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 237 Where a realty or chattel is damaged, the obligee may request to repair, redo, replace or restore it to its original state according to law.

Article 238 Where the infringement of property rights causes damage to the creditor, the creditor may claim compensation for the loss or bear other civil liabilities according to law.