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In our four unit NSW strata block, the two ground floor units have exclusive use of the courtyard garden areas at the sides and rear of the building.
This question has only arisen as quotes have been called for the first repainting of the common areas including external walls, fences, retaining walls and dwarf walls.
One unit has a timber deck and short flight of steps at the side entrance from their garden. The timber has been well maintained since new by the lot owner with regular application of timber stain.
Both ground floor lot owners are keen gardeners and maintain their courtyard garden areas to a high standard at their own expense.
The painting quotes include sanding and re-coating the timber deck but the lot owner has queried this on the basis that he has always done it himself.
Whose responsibility should it be – the lot owner with exclusive use or the Owners Corporation?
