Due to our scheme's mix of shared and individual water meters, some owners pay for water twice. How do we solve this?
I live in a strata plan with twelve units and four townhouses. We all share the same lot liability and equal levy payments. The building has a shared water meter for all units, while the townhouses have separate meters. The owners corporation covers the water charges for the units, but townhouse residents pay for their water.
Therefore, townhouse owners are charged for water twice. What steps can townhouse owners take to address and rectify this situation?
We provide three solutions to the problem.
The owners corporation could:
- Install individualised metering for every apartment.
- Consider the feasibility of a water tank to service the entire scheme.
- Pass a by-law (by way of special resolution) to charge water for the apartments among the 12 apartments only (thereby exempting the 4 townhouses and the owners corporation as a whole) to ensure a fair and equitable division of costings.
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