Re: Strata Committee voting and deciding without telling owners

Thanks so much, Lady Penelope and also scotlandx for your very valuable suggestions and advice.

So, my lawyer’s letter to the Committee was flicked from the Committee to the agent. The agent replied, ‘on behalf of The Committee’ just repeating the excuses I’ve already mentioned eg Committee agrees through emails and tells the agent what they want. I was advised to ring the agent with any questions or concerns.

At the AGM on Tues. night, the agent was chairing, but argued the Committee’s case in most items.  There were no actual votes at the AGM, not even a show of hands. Just like. ‘ok sounds like most of us agree to that’ at every turn.

The 91-page agenda wasn’t completed in the almost 4 hour meeting, so there was no Other Business. No adjournment or even officially ending the meeting. The agent just got up and left after being re-appointed for another 36 months. (I suggested re-appointment for 3 months but was just told ‘no way’ by the agent in the Chair. Then I suggested 12 months, but didn’t have enough supporters. The Committee trusts the agent, as do many owners)

At least one nasty item was knocked back ie the Committee asking to appoint a particular company to undertake all the major construction and waterproofing works, before they’ve even received quotations. Geez.

I think I’ll give up on the Committee and agent, stay for the good times all summer, then move out before that blue netting spoils my view. I’m too ill to spend my remaining months undertaking legal action, although I’d like to.

Thanks again, good people, it’s wonderful to get some detailed and reliable advice from Flat Chat gurus.