Jimmy,
Our Strata plan owners’ corporation has been hijacked by perhaps not bullies but by passive aggressive equivalents.
For a strata plan that has historically just got on and “done it” is now being blocked by a number of committee members that are solely interested in protecting their individual financial positions to the detriment of property values of all.
Critical painting, lighting, concrete-spalling, subsidence, drainage and other items are constantly being pushed back for further quotes.
Meanwhile, non-financial owners are forcing their way onto the committee through friendly nomination by absentee owner and in conjunction with key agitator is working to block all necessary work items including lots where flooring cannot be replaced due to concrete spalling (cancer) given the unlevel nature of the floor which no company will touch.
Sadly some owners cannot see past their own self interests and unfortunately it looks as if this will find us owners with an interest in improving and maintaining our property needing to ask the tribunal to issue a ruling to have the works progress.
None of us are sitting on a gold mine but where your home is falling apart, most would not sit by and let it happen but bite the bullet and chip in for the works to be done. After all, no one is going to get a good sale price on a dilapidated property.
JY