Steamed up over grubby rug
QUESTION: We recently moved into a rental property and it was only after we had signed that we realised that carpet hadn’t been properly cleaned. We had it professionally cleaned…
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Who do I pursue for unit repairs?
QUESTION: I have repairs needed on my townhouse but real estate keep saying strata need to do it and they can’t make them. One is a sliding door that doesn’t…
Take care when the caretaker takes over
Deep in the heart of strata living there’s a grubby little secret … a stain on the whole business that politicians ignore and Fair Trading and the CTTT won’t or…
Park illegally … lose your home
You would think, of all the issues that plague strata dwellers, parking would be the easiest to resolve. After all, a spot is allocated to you (or not) and you…
Who should do unit repairs?
QUESTION: I have repairs needed on my townhouse but real estate keep saying strata need to do it and they can’t make them. One is a sliding door that doesn’t…
Remote possibilities have simple solution
QUESTION: I have an air conditioner installed in my investment property. The remote control has gone missing since the property manager took the new tenant through the apartment prior to…
Dog plan barking up the right tree
Everybody has a different idea of what ‘reasonable’ means but when a by-law says that the Owners Corp can’t unreasonably refuse a request to have a pet, whose definition do…
Electrical repairs shock landlord
QUESTION: I’m a first-time landlord and have just started letting a small unit. A few weeks after moving in, the tenants reported that a power point and a light don’t…
EC has a false sense of security
QUESTION: Does anyone know of any laws that require an apartment block to have a front security door? I am living in a small block of fewer than 15 units…
Timber floor is just dirty pool
Want to know the biggest problem with by-laws? It’s not that they’re too restrictive – it’s that nobody reads them and too few enforce them. If you want proof, look…
Stone the crows, is no one safe?
QUESTION: The concrete roof of our building is covered in a tar membrane on top of which are river stones – presumably to protect the membrane and reduce the heat…
Agent silent on rent arrears
QUESTION: Our new tenant paid in full in December, two weeks in January and nothing last month. After no response to two emails the managing agent finally advised us she…