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Our building recently (about 12 months ago now) got issued with a Fire Safety Upgrade Order. The time has come now for all the front doors to be replaced in the complex and an issue has come up whereby some owners have fly screen doors that will need to be removed, which is apparently a condition of the Order. The EC have advised that the Owner Corp will not arrange the removal of the fly screen doors, however they will be taken off the hinges and placed next to the unit when the main doors are replaced. It will then be up to the owner to physically remove the screen doors from the property.
The OC believe that as the screen doors do not belong to them, they are not responsible for removing them off the property. I was not the owner of the unit when the screen doors were erected but there are about 14 or so other units with screen doors. All the screen doors are hinged onto common property.
My question is this: Are the OC correct in that they are not responsible for the removal of the screen doors? Even if they are not, should the OC not provide a suitable solution for disposal of the screen doors ie pay the contractor who is installing the new front doors to take away the screen doors with the old main doors? My concern is that once the doors are removed from the property, they will end up in a big pile on the nature strip. The only advice that the strata manager could give me is that each individual owner can contact council to arrange for them to come and collect the screen door. It just seems a bit idiotic and not thought out…
Your advice is greatly appreciated!!