Need some advice on a neighbor issue. Don't want to bias it with my position so...
"Dave" is in a four story apartment building. His bedroom is right above the bedroom of "Kevin," his downstairs neighbor. Dave uses his aircon at night and the pipe that drains the water sticks out from the wall outside his bedroom. Unfortunately, the pipe is also right outside Kevin's window and Kevin sleeps with his windows open (i.e., he doesn't use aircon at all). The dripping of the water from the pipe keeps him awake at night.
To solve the problem, the pipe needs to be adjusted (turned toward the building, away from the window). Dave and Kevin have tried other things but they haven't worked. The cost estimate is S$450, primarily b/c scaffolding needs to be erected to get to the pipes.
Question: Who should pay for the pipes to be adjusted? (Again, assume this is the only solution as others have been tried and that all parties have been assured that this will, indeed, work.)
Dave says he's just using the aircon provided to him in a normal way so he's doing nothing unreasonable or out of the ordinary. He should be free to use his aircon.
Kevin says that he's just trying to sleep but the neighbor's aircon drainage is preventing this. He should be free to sleep without disturbance.
The building manager says he has provided a very standard aircon configuration (unit outside window with drainage pipe attached) and that no other tenants have this problem with each other, so he's not responsible for special requests.
All parties are friendly and just want a standard or precedent to guide next steps.
