If the statutory warranty period in QLD applies only to construction of DOMESTIC new homes, related roofed building (e.g. a garage), townhouse or multiple unit dwelling (no more than 3 storeys), what warranty is afforded bodies corporate/owners of apartments in new build residential HIGH RISE complexes in Queensland?
Our building is 4 years old. The committee has already taken the builder to QBCC regarding fire, waterproofing and roofing defects and the builder chose to fix some of the DTRs and then opted to take the $2500 fine and 4 demerit points rather than address the $100k plus costs associated with rectifying the remaining issues. The builder and developer still own 6 of the 24 units, and successfully voted down a motion at our AGM to take the builder to QCAT to recoup the $40K spent getting our building compliant.
Two years ago we purchased an apartment in Brisbane. Our body corporate has just discovered the building has concrete spalling. The Engineer Report states that the spalling is due to insufficient concrete cover at the edges of the balconies. Isn't this something the Certifier should have picked up?
The cost of the repairs is expected to be around $1.2m. We have 98 units in the two affected buildings, so that's a significant cost to each owner. We've been advised that the builder went broke and we're wondering whether we can make a claim against the Certifier?
Our strata manager places a note under the windscreen wiper of any vehicle parked on common property without permission. The note says the vehicle is breaching by-laws, warns the committee may take action, and provides two email addresses for more information.
Some owners of the offending vehicles claim it is illegal to touch their cars, even when they are parked on common property without permission. Is that correct?
We live in a block of 12 units in Sydney NSW.
Last year we were charged around $500 by our Managing Agents to obtain three (3) Building Insurance quotations from the broker they use and to insure the building.
A compliant strata meeting per the Strata Scheme Management Act 2015 offers transparency and disclosure to all owners.
Does the decision to renew building insurance, made by the committee behind closed doors without a compliant strata meeting, fulfil the requirements for sufficient disclosure according to John Trowbridge's Strata Insurance Disclosure Handbook?