My apartment block built in 2012 requires cladding work and rendering replacement to the entire building at a cost of $400,000. The owners corporation has contacted all apartment owners to organise division of the cost to pay for the work to be done.
Who is responsible for paying for this work?
The strata manager at the complex I used to live at and now rent out says they won't deal with property managers, just owners, and it's up to the owners to pass on any information to the property managers who then pass it onto the tenants.
I have questioned this as most people who have property managers do so for good reason. We don't all want to be involved or don't have time. Surely they can't enforce this?
Our new committee has reviewed repair and maintenance invoices paid by the Owners Corporation over the past couple of years.
We have found a number of these invoices were for repairs to lot property and not common property eg burst pipe in an internal wall.
This was because the Strata Manager did not understand the internal layout of our units, and in particular, the location of plumbing and other services in internal lot walls.
Can the Owners Corporation recover the costs of such repairs from the lot owner?
Until recently, the strata manager has never notified our strata committee about strata insurance options. Is this now mandatory in the new act?
I see in the current act at section 166, that it is mandatory to be notified.
The majority of the committee are deeply dissatisfied with our strata manager. We requested an EGM be called and we put forward a motion to dismiss the strata manager.
We provided explanatory notes as reasons why the strata manager should be dismissed. On the agenda, the strata manager responded with her version of events under each of our points on the explanation notes and sent this onto everyone. Is it legal for the strata manager to add her own information to the agenda?
I am on the committee of our strata body as both secretary and chairperson.
When the committee sends an email instructing our strata manager to act on our behalf eg. have an owner remove a tree that is encroaching on another lot and damaging retaining walls etc with its roots, should we be able to view the communication sent from the strata management to the lot owner?
I find that I'm spending lots of unnecessary time chasing outcomes or lack of progress with outstanding matters. How do we know if a matter has been actioned?