Are children allowed to play on the common property driveway? Are they required to be supervised? What happens when children and their friends, either other residents or visitors, socialise on the common property?
Our independent Insurance broker receives 16% commission from the insurer. Our owners corporation (OC) manager plays no role in arranging insurance or in claims management, yet they claim to be entitled to a 5% fee.
The total 21% commission is a lot for a small OC. Do we have grounds to object to the manager's commission?
In the other Q&A on this post, you mentioned you have had multiple strata plans pursuing such a ban on smoking in an apartment. Can provide an example of the no smoking bylaw?
We are currently being affected by a strata resident smoking inside their apartment, on their balcony and in common areas. The smoke and smoke drift penetrates the common stairwell and our unit even when our windows are closed.
A lot owner’s family member resides permanently in the unit. They are a proxy for the lot owner at meetings. The proxy is renewed yearly for the family member to be a committee member. Can non-owners be committee members in SA?
A lot owner in our NSW townhouse complex has a mature gum tree growing just inside their lot. The tree is over 20 metres tall and has started to distort a common property boundary fence. This tree's growth will shortly damage and push the fence further into a common property pathway and impede access to many of our other lots.
Who is legally and fiscally responsible for removing this large tree? Will the local council's tree preservation scheme influence the tree's removal?
Our body corporate faces significant ongoing expenses to meet Queensland's fire safety requirements. The legislation requires monthly, quarterly, six-monthly, and annual testing as well as regular equipment replacement. In the past four years, we have had to replace the fire hydrant, building pump, reels, check valves, extinguishers, and more. The costs keep escalating.
A hotel manages the first few levels of the building. A few months ago, our building saw an increase in criminal activities. The committee increased security on the ground floor, where the hotel reception is located.
I manage a short-term accommodation rental in our building. A month ago, some people blacklisted by the hotel joined my guests in my lot, stole more than $1300 worth of belongings, and were very noisy. It was a nightmare! They returned, booking under a different name and misbehaved again three weeks later.