Our unit block has a mix of car stacker system parking and 'normal' parking. 12 of 15 units have car stackers. 2 motors drive the car stackers.
The motors are regarded as Body Corporate property. Our by-laws state that owners own the car stacker and have exclusive use. They also state that owners are responsible for any cost in relation to the operation, maintenance, repair or replacement of the car stacker or any of its component parts and costs are not recoverable from the body corporate.
We are under a Standard Format Plan and have three garages in a row within our car park. These garages are separate to our townhouses and numbered accordingly for each townhouse with shared walls between.
Two of the garages have consistent water ingress damage from rain events and one has a door that needs replacing. There is no guttering on this building.
Who is responsible for paying for these repairs?
Our building has central air conditioning that feeds into each unit through a bulkhead. There is mould in front of each of the air-conditioner vents blooming onto the ceiling.
This mould seems to be coming out of the vents. Resident are unable to access the bulkhead. Is this a strata or a lot owner's responsibility to resolve?
Our 18 strata title units have a large shared common property that is becoming very shabby. Some old play equipment on the common property has not been upgraded for nearly 30 years etc. This has made selling some units very difficult.
Should the body corporate be accountable for regular upgrades, say every 10 years? They are very resistant at present, even though there's a large amount in the sinking fund and I'm wondering if this could be used?
Our building is over 16 years old and it has not been repainted. The body corporate committee members have continuously voted against having the building repainted because of the high cost. They have also voted against increasing the body corporate levies, so the sinking fund does not have a sufficient balance to pay for painting. What do we do now?
Who is responsible for clearing blocked sewer pipes that have been blocked by baby wipes, chux clothes and other things which are not supposed to be flushed down the toilet?
On this occasion, the sewer pipe services 4 apartments that sit directly above each other. I understand that the body corporate is responsible for 'maintenance' and keeping common property infrastructure in good repair but this is not a lack of maintenance but the negligence of one of four residents?
For around 15 years, the body corporate has maintained our roof gardens of our 6-floor apartment complex. This roof protects all 40 units. Only the 6 top floor lots have access to this area.
The body corporate manager recently advised owners that the bc was no longer maintaining the roof space. How have our committees and body corporate managers got it wrong for so many years?