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Another update…. At our December AGM our motion that the OC seek compensation from the lot owner for the convertion of common property lawn to concrete was voted against by everyone else. No one apart from us cared that OC funds had been used!
Thankfully a motion about parking a car on common property 24 hours a day was modified to “only in front of an owner’s garage and not on the lawns” So now everyone including the guy who converted the common lawn to concrete (using OC funds) can park there legitimately even though it isn’t quite lined up with the front of his garage.
At the meeting he also denied that his garage has been converted to a habitable room even though the recent pest inspection report which was circulated clearly stated that it was.
There was heated discussion about the motion on banning taking photos – it certainly got very ugly and we were vilified for having taken photos of cars parked on the lawns and the damage it caused. Thankfully the motion didn’t get up nor did the motion some clown had about converting more lawn areas to concrete for parking, possibly only because the Strata Manager didn’t think it was a good idea to turn the complex into a concrete jungle and reminded owners that NCAT uses photos as evidence.
After the meeting as we were leaving one of the lot owners stopped us and told us we were nasty for taking photos and we should try to get on with our neighbours. The lot owner who had the lawn converted to concrete at the OC’s expense also passed on his good wishes yelling at us to “f**king get a life” as he drove past our villa. Nice!
So after all this I don’t think there is anything we can now progress to NCAT as the majority of owners clearly had no concerns with OC funds being used to convert the lawn to concrete for the benefit of a single lot owner.