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Our building has a security access front lobby where the letter boxes are located. The letter boxes are lockable albeit with very basic locks. In recent weeks the mailboxes have been broken into. It’s believed the thief enters building by following someone in.
Is it OC responsibility or owners to beef up the security locks on letter boxes?
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Letterboxes are Common Property, and unless your Plan has a Special By-Law to the contrary, the Owners Corporation (O/C) is responsible for all maintenance and repairs.
Depending upon the numbers of Lots / Letterboxes, it may be necessary for an Item to be placed on the Agenda for your next AGM so that your O/C can, on the basis of improved security, resolve to allocate sufficient funds for the necessary upgrade works to the Letterboxes and by the sound of it for improvements to the Building's security access system.
If the timing of your next AGM is too far away, it may be worth your while to upgrade the lock on your own Letterbox, and to seek a reimbursement from your O/C; just advise your Executive Committee Secretary or Strata Manager beforehand.
Our letterboxes were vandalised twice before Christmas. Nothing taken, they were just popped open ( as were an adjoining block’s mailboxes ). On police advice, EC have now installed an extra camera but the difficulty remains that the post lady must still have access week days. The letterboxes are between the first front door and the security entry. This area is also where the intercom is located, so sealing it off in the evenings is not feasible. The police said the same vandals had also broken into a so called ” high tech ” letterboxs, so changing the locks will not work.