#22872
jacko
Flatchatter

    Re your quiz, I beg to differ on parking thieves, at least those that don’t live in the building.  There is no legal way to prevent them thieving – police won’t attend as it’s private property, even when the thief is blocking access to someone else’s garage so they can’t get their car out to go to work (it has happened to me), the council will not get involved and say they don’t have the power, and wheel clamping is illegal in NSW.  The council’s response was that it was the block’s responsibility to install gates with access cards, but when there are 2 vehicle entrances and 10 out of 12 units are rented, the logistics of managing the system are just impractical.

    The NSW Government’s recent review of strata legislation was a complete waste of time as regards this problem and it shows no sign of doing anything constructive on the issue.