A dishwasher leak in a unit caused damage to the common property metal balustrade below. Is the owners corporation responsible for taking action against the unit owner?
If the owners corporation failed to identify the source of the leak despite repeated complaints, does that affect its ability to apply the benefit principle?
An owner in our scheme holds two lots. They want to give a proxy for one lot to a friend and elect that friend to the committee, while also electing themselves to the committee. This would give them two votes at committee meetings. If allowed, could both the owner and their proxy also be elected into office bearer positions?
Our below neighbours accused us of being in breach of Schedule 2 bylaw 10 of the Strata Title Act. They can hear footsteps and other sounds in the middle of the night, affecting their peaceful enjoyment of the unit. We have asked for evidence of the disturbances, but the situation has become complicated. How can we be in breach if they have not provided evidence? They have threatened to take us to the SAT. Do we take this seriously?
I was unaware when I purchased my apartment in North Sydney that it has a disability parking space. I don't own a vehicle because I don't drive. Other owner's visitors or tradespeople always use the space.
Their cars block my garage door, and my visitors can never find anywhere to park. Can I apply to the owners corporation for approval to install an automatic bollard parking remote control in my parking space? Will the decision be impacted by my car space being a disability parking space?
I'm on the committee of a medium-sized Queensland scheme with a long-term caretaker agreement. The caretaker is contractually responsible for maintaining the gardens and lawns. However, over the past two years, they have outsourced almost all of the work to a third-party contractor without notifying the committee or seeking approval.
Our strata complex of 9 units has recently completed a large scope of work regarding maintenance of the buildings, for example - replacing barge boards, scribes, Hardie sheeting etc.
I was under the impression that living in a Strata unit, you need to be courteous to your neighbours and not being disruptive. I have lived in my unit for the past 24 years. My neighbour moved in about 7 years ago.
I believe SA is the only state not to observe no smoking in enclosed areas for units.
Our scheme recently incurred an unplanned capital expenditure that was not budgeted for in the capital works fund. The treasurer allocated the expenditure to the capital works fund. I believe this contravenes Section 74(4) of the Strata Scheme Management Act 2015, which states that the owners corporation may only pay money from the capital works fund for specific purposes.
Should this expenditure have been paid from the administration fund instead?