• Read more about My basement garage needs urgent repair and strata won't act — what can I do?
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My basement garage in my strata building has no glass in its windows, just some plasterboard covering where glass should be, and the window is 'in' an open drain from the garden above. The frame is also rotting away, and there is concrete cancer over my parked car.

Grass, weeds, dirt/soil and water enter through the window, causing further deterioration to the frame.

Three times in 3 years I have requested this window be repaired or bricked up (the cheapest option) and even obtained three quotes. All to no avail.

• Read more about Mould in my bathroom was caused by a leak in a common property wall — should strata pay for the repairs?
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I noticed some mould in my bathroom. We discovered that the bath was not installed correctly causing a separation of 5-10mm between the bath and the walls along the bath allowing water to enter the gap.

As the mould was due to a leak in the common property wall, should strata pay for the repairs?

• Read more about Unapproved marble tiling in our apartment — is it common property and must the owners corporation replace it?
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We bought an apartment with marble tile flooring glued to magnesite on top of the concrete slab.

We later find out that this marble tile installation many years ago was unapproved by the owners corporation.

In the event that the OC want this hard floor taken up under section 106 of SSMA 2015:

1. 1. Does the unapproved marble tile constitute being part of common property?

1. Does the OC have an obligation to replace the flooring at their cost?

• Read more about Is there a legal timeframe for the owners corporation to carry out mould and rot repairs to common property?
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I have recently informed the owners corporation of extensive mould and wood rot inside a large window. On the exterior, a substantial portion of the cladding under the window is soft, like wet cardboard.

When it rains the smell of dampness and mould is intense throughout my unit and causes migraines and breathing difficulties.

What is the legal timeframe for the owners corporation to repair or replace the window and cladding etc.

• Read more about Original bathroom waterproofing membranes are failing across our building. Is the owners corporation responsible?
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We are a small strata unit block with 19 units. Each unit has two bathrooms. The unit block is 20 years old. We've received a number of complaints for water leaks caused by failure of the original bathroom membrane affecting only the individual lot's Internal bedroom / lounge / wall.

We are of the view that it is the responsibility of the individual lot owner and not the owners corporation as the leak is affecting only the individual lot. However, our Strata Manager insists it is the responsibility of the owners corporation.

• Read more about Who is responsible for a broken window in a strata unit — the tenant, landlord or owners corporation?
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Who is responsible for a broken window in a strata unit? Who should be invoiced - the tenant (occupying at the time the glass broke), the owners, or the Owners Corporation?

I have read the Fair Trading Common Property Memorandum but under 9 Windows for Owners Corporation Responsibilities it does not specify the glass.

• Read more about Can the owners corporation park a common property maintenance issue forever, citing lack of funds?
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If common property repairs cost $10k to fix and strata have $20k in the capital works account, can the owners corporation park the common property maintenance issue in the pending list, citing a lack of funds?

• Read more about The other lot owner in our two lot strata won't agree to pay for repainting. What can we do?
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We own a villa in a two lot strata scheme that is in need of repainting. The owners of the other lot do not want to pay to have the property repainted. We have offered to bear the cost of repainting both lots ourselves, but they declined.

I am told by our strata manager that we can paint our lot but cannot change the colour. If we obtained agreement from the other lot owner (if needed) can we change the colour providing it is sympathetic eg from pale pink to pale grey?

• Read more about Is it the owners corporation's responsibility to service and maintain the grease trap on common property?
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I work at an apartment complex and the grease trap is located on common property on P2 carpark level. The grease trap is located in a room behind the carwash bay. Is it the responsibility of the owner's corporation to service and maintain the grease trap?

• Read more about We are the only apartment without TV reception. Is it strata's responsibility to fix the cabling?
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Our unit appears to be the only one out of 70 units that has no TV signal coming out of the socket in our loungeroom wall. The fire cupboard outside our unit door has signal to it but then it is failing somewhere between there and our wall socket in the lounge room.

The aerial guy that came to investigate said there must be a splitter box somewhere inside our unit but he cannot find it. It could even be in a wall or the floor slab.