High water bill due to toilet leakage

Nacharge po ako ng mataas na water bill as in 4k pagkaturn over ng condo dahil sa leakage sa toilet bowl.
Pwede ko po kaya to ilaban kahit na nakalagay sa house rules and regulations na tungkolin ng occupant na icheck ang toilet bowl sa leakage.

Ang akin po kasi upon turn over yung leak at di mo naman mapapansin yung leak. Buti sana kung nasa kalagitnaan na. Iniisip ko kasi di ba covered ng warranty yung water leak? At bakit naman di nila sinigurado na nasa maayos ang toilet considering na matagal na sila gumagawa ng condo. Di ba tama na iassume na dapat di na lumusot sa kanila yung mga ganong problema?

Para bang shield nila yung house rules and regulations. At pwede na sila mag turn over ng may mga depektibo.

Sana po maunawaan nyo. Sakin kasi hindi to tungkol sa pera.

Sana po malinawan nyo ako. Salamat.

Hello po,

Before turnover, it is the responsibility of the developer to make sure that the unit is free of defects. Utilities are also installed at this time. When the unit is turned over to the homeowner, it is the occupant who gets to find out whether there is an issue that needs to be addressed. If there is a plumbing problem, that should have been reported immediately. On some occasions, there is a defective toilet or maybe an ill-fitted rubber seal. The developer will not find out about this unless the occupant reports this.

Did you only find out about the leak when the bill arrived or did you report the water leak before you got the bill?

I think the developer has the responsibility of fixing the leak, but not for the payment of the water bill (unless you already reported it as soon as you saw the leak). That's only my opinion though.