Our building may require significant and urgent hot water pipe maintenance, resulting in no hot water access for a period of time. Is the body corporate required to pay for resident's temporary accommodation during the work? In QLD, the rental minimum standards to be considered habitable require hot running water.
Our 6-pack block of double brick units is about 25 years old. The iron balustrades have rust, and we are considering replacing them with powder-coated aluminium of a similar design. The existing railings are 960 cm high, and we have learnt that the current safety requirement is 1000 cm.
What are our obligations regarding replacement? Can we treat the rust and repaint the existing balustrades, or must we replace the balustrades to conform with the current height regulations?
My elderly mother in law lives in a house in a community title development. The strata committee recently decided that the 49 lots should have twice annual “clean up” gatherings. If a lot owner does not attend, they have to pay an additional charge of $150. Can the committee impose arbitrary penalties like this?
Our building was built in 1963. Five garages don't have any electricity. There isn't sufficient lighting on the driveway and the common area between the garage and the front entry. I often don't feel safe.
Is it reasonable to request that the owners corporation:
Is there any standard, regulation or legislation in NSW regarding electricity access or lighting for health and safety purposes?
Our strata scheme is under the CTS/standard format plan. The body corporate (BC) is raising a one-off special levy of $19,000 for repairs to my roof. The work will not commence until June 2025. The BC requests full payment within 60 days of the notice, which they will send next week. Can they demand this payment if the work is not due to commence for eight months? Most building contract payments are due as the work progresses.
In our 1970s unit complex, each unit has its own garage. Additionally, there are 12 open parking spaces located at the back of the complex, which operate on a first-come, first-served basis, with no reserved spots.
The committee is considering a by-law that would limit each unit to one car, remove visitor parking, and treat the garage space as the unit’s only allocation. Can the committee introduce a by-law like this?
Our building format plan strata scheme consists of four concrete tilt panel office/warehouses, with the body corporate run by all four owners.
Our owners corporation has a by-law providing that fobs can only access respective floors in our building. Various residents on our level (8) have shared a storeroom located on this floor for the past 20 years. The room is not classified as a storage area on the strata plan like other storage areas in the complex. The residents were advised maintenance of the room was the shared responsibility of the lot owners on level 8, not the owners corporation.