@daphne diaphanous said:
There are also some with automated garage doors.
If the garage doors are original or installed by the Strata then they are the Strata responsibility (including the opening mechanism, motor, rails, springs, etc which are within the lot). The only exception is the remote which is considered owners responsibility.
If owners have installed a automatic opener to the original door it is the owners responsibility (except the actual door). If owners have replaced the garage door with new door and opener then that owner has full responsibility for door and opener (until lot sold), then responsibility returns to the Strata BUT only for the door (not the automatic opener). This assumed no notion passed approving change.
If strata passed an ordinary motion granting permission for the change but didn’t ask for a bylaw then the Strata remain responsible for both the new door and automatic opener.
This to me seems to leave NSW strata wide open to abuse by unscrupulous owners who know the rules and exploit them.