- This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 14 years, 3 months ago by .
-
Topic
-
I rent in a 5 story and the elevator has been out of service for over three days.
I have contacted the service providor who has advised they cannot repair the lift until they get sign off from the Strata Management to do the job.
I live with my wheelchair bound father, who enjoys a few hours outside each day and as I am unable to negate the steep and broken fire stairs, poor old love has been housebound for days not to mention the stair trip isn’t doing my asthma any favours.
Can anyone assist with the laws on lifts please.
-
Replies
-
There is no law on lift repairs, per se, but there are laws about responsibility to repair and maintain common property as well as a landlord’s responsibility to provide basic services.
Basically you need to contact your landlord to tell them to put pressure on the Owners Corporation and/or strata manager to get this fixed as soon as possible.
You might also say that you need them to make an arrangement to help get your father out of the house, at least on occasion, or reduce his rent so you can afford to make the arrangements yourself.
Contact the Tenants Union on tenants.org.au for more advice.
If you want to be alerted when anyone replies to your posts or responds to this topic, please register and login, then you will be able to subscribe to the topic. The opinions offered in these Forum posts and replies are not intended to be taken as legal advice. Readers with serious issues should consult experienced strata lawyers. NB: Longer threads may spill over to additional pages - look for the numbers on the bottom right, under the last post.