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Hi guys,
I’m curious to hear your thoughts about this matter.
I have had pretty bad experiences with a body corporate and I notice that there are horrible reviews online about so many of them.
Where do you think the problem originates from? Can they not manage incoming ? Do they simply not care because they will have clients anyway?
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You probably need to be a little more explicit to get much comment. What sort of bad experience? Dealing with the Executive Committee, a strata manager, neighbours?
@axcelius said:
Hi guys,Where do you think the problem originates from? Can they not manage incoming ? Do they simply not care because they will have clients anyway?
My view is that the problem (if there is one) often originates from the fact that being on and doing work for the Owners Corporation (Body Corporate) is a voluntary, non paid, often thankless task. In many OCs and Executive Committees (ECs) that I have seen the attitude of owners helps to promote a ‘us versus them’ mentality.
People who aren’t on OC don’t want to get involved in the overall management and maintenance of common property. However, when they experience a problem affecting them personally they expect the OC to fix it and listen to their problem in priority to all other problems.
Often members of the ECs form the attitude that because they are unpaid and not thanked for doing things that no one else will they are entitled to special treatment when it comes to getting their own problems addressed and obtaining special privileges.
Of course, some members of ECs are just control freaks and self obsessed individuals.