Here’s a tricky one – when is a family member who stays regularly in your flat not a resident? This is from a Flatchatter who owns an apartment and occasionally shares it with his brother.
By occasionally shares, he means that both he and his brother are shift workers and so it may be that his bro stays in the apartment overnight now and then.
So far, so what? The problem seems to be that when the brother is there, he occasionally invites a friend or three over to play tennis on the scheme’s court.
I know, first world problem or what? Anyway, he books the court as is required and, one assumes, he and his tennis playing mates behave appropriately.
But this is just not good enough for someone on the committee who insists that the brother is not a resident, so he can only use the facilities when the resident is with him.
Now, ignoring the fact that complete strangers who have rented a flat on Airbnb could use the facilities with impunity (assuming this scheme allows short-term lets) the committee man says he wants proof that the brother is a tenant (albeit a non-paying one).
Is the committee person stretching the rules a bit too far. Or do you have to be paying rent before you can be considered a tenant and therefore have all the other rights and privileges of any resident? That’s HERE.
Elsewhere on the forum
- How do you deal with a bully in your block when the committee can’t or won’t do anything? That’s HERE.
- Is strata manager pushing too hard on contract renewal? That’s HERE.
- Strata manager quit when I challenged them on missing strata seal on contract. That’s HERE.
- UPDATE: Unauthorised installation of AC unit. That’s HERE.
- UPDATE: Can we divorce our home from the strata scheme? That’s HERE.
- UPDATE: Landlord says no to Christmas lights. That’s HERE.
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