We are a group of owners of an apartment block that is registered as a condominium.

Administration expenses and costs incurred for the upkeep of the building are divided equally between the apartment owners.

The airspace of the building however belongs to a third party who is not an owner of any of the apartments within the block and so does not make a contribution to the running costs or upkeep of either the building itself or the roof.

Allow me to put two questions.

Is the third party owner of the airspace responsible at law for any costs towards the upkeep and repair of the building and/or the roofs and, if so, what would such responsibilities consist of?

There are a number of adjoining business premises that connect to our drainage system and the drains in the shafts of the apartment block and whose owners contribute nothing towards the upkeep of such. Neither do they make any payment towards the unblocking of the drains, which recently had to be cleared. Do the occupants of these adjoining buildings that connect to our drainage system have any responsibility at law and what should they be paying?

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