Each lot in our low set villas has a small deck as part of the lot. Each deck includes a clothesline that was installed when the complex was built nearly 20 years ago.
Our by-laws mentioned appearance of the lot. Does this mean that everybody who uses the clotheslines is in breach of the by-laws because washing is visible from the other lots or from the common property?
I have a unit regulated under the Body Corporate and Community Management (Standard Module) Regulation 2020. There are 48 duplex or triplex lots. The units are basic bungalows with box gables, wooden picket fences and no outstanding architectural features or style.
Our 'Appearance of Lots' by-law includes:
We have a situation in our complex where a property was sold back in March. It's now tenanted, yet the developer of the complex is still down as the owner of the property on the Body Corporate roll.
Our new onsite managers agreed to a caretaker work plan when buying the management rights.
The work plan covers areas such as clerical, mowing, trimming hedges and edges, cleaning driveways. This plan was developed by the new managers. Would this plan now be considered part of their contract and can it be added to the caretaker duties to be used in conjunction with current duties statement for future managers.
Does the committee have the right to arrange a quote for works without passing anything by the building manager? Our Committee only informs the caretaker which company is responsible for the work and when the project will start.
All the invoices about the project are directly sent to Body Corporate without any input or contact with the building manager.
With regards to maintaining the land which abuts the body corporate area, e.g. the grass verge on the footpath, would a body corporate committee have authority to request its service contractor to mow this area? This is given that the footpath is technically outside of the common area and so technically outside of the control of the body corporate.
Our on-site manager/caretaker has not maintained the trees in our complex. They are now above a safe height for the manager to trim. If the manager had done the work on a regular basis this would not have happened. The on-site manager now needs to hire a tree specialist at the cost of the Body Corporate. Surely the manager is a fault here and should be pay for the work to be done.
Please give a succinct explanation of an On-site manager's powers in a complex. Some owners think we have all-encompassing powers and can go around arresting people and towing cars away for parking incorrectly. Perhaps an explanation of the due process that has to be followed to enforce a By-law breach is required?
Our 4 y.o. complex incorporates an elevated garden on top of part of an outdoor carpark.
Our Caretaking Agreement that is with, and was written by the developer specifies monthly maintenance and clearing of all garden drainage.