This article discusses who is responsible for arranging access when tenants do not cooperate with mandatory fire door checks.
Question: My 1 bed, rented unit in a complex in Brisbane is due for a regular fire door inspection soon. Is it the landlord’s responsibility to provide access to the property if the tenant is not cooperating?
Answer: The property manager may be best-placed to encourage more co-operation with something like this.
Queensland’s legislation provides for tenants to have their own relationship with a body corp as occupants of a lot. This is independent of the lot owners’ various rights and obligations, so tenants can’t ‘hide behind’ their property manager or landlord. With that said, the property manager may be best placed to encourage more cooperation with something like this, or potentially arrange keys/access with the correct notice or tenant’s consent.
This post appears in Strata News #630.
Rob Honeycombe Bees Nees City Realty E: md@beesnees.com.au P: 07 5609 4924