Our building is replacing double hung windows with awning windows.
My lot is the only one in the block with a courtyard. Some of the windows on the first floor overlook my courtyard.
I’m concerned about lack of privacy once the new windows are installed. Can I request that the windows overlooking my courtyard remain as double hung windows or have translucent screens installed?
We have several large trees in our strata scheme, and the strata council wants to remove one. Can they make that decision alone, or are these trees common property, meaning a vote of all owners is needed?
Who is responsible for the payment of a TV antenna booster when a trades assessment identified that a large tree on common property is the blocking one unit's TV signal? The body corporate trimmed the tree to comply with vegetation regulations, which limited cutting to only 20%. Most of the 20% reduction involved branches cut from two adjoining common area/owners' fences, including the owner requesting reimbursement.
We are holding our strata meeting by telephone. Our last meeting was in 2018, and we have contracts to be signed off, ranging from $1.9 million to $2.5 million, plus $150,000 for an engineer to oversee rectification for water ingress.
Lot owners would like to know if it is legal to ask the strata committee to sign a statutory declaration regarding their relationship with the contractors, given that one committee member hand-picked the three tender companies.
Qualifications: BA, LLB (but have not practiced as a lawyer, and make no claim to be a lawyer). Am now a student of the Rule of Law and the principles and values of a democratic society. Aspire to moving beyond learning the many complex rules in the BCCM legislations and developing an understanding of how they fit together.
Experience: Owned several investment units since 2001, often on the Committees. Now live in one.