Can an owners corporation recover repair costs paid in error?

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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?

Can a strata manager add comments to an EGM agenda?

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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?

Should a strata manager keep the committee regularly updated?

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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?

Is a strata committee mandatory under NSW law?

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We recently had our AGM. At the motion "Call for Nominations to Strata Committee and Election" the strata manager first took a vote if the owners wanted to have a committee and used the votes for the motion as written, and declared there will not be a committee. When questioned the strata manager also stated that it does not matter if there is a committee, or not, as he has full delegated authority. Is this legal in the "'Strata Schemes Management Regulation 2016 [NSW]"? It clearly outlines the process of the election of a strata committee.

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