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We have received a notice from a pest control company (not the Strata Managers) that they will be treating the common areas AND our units, of which there over 100.
They require access after 7am on a certain day and there is no entry to the treated areas until the pesticide had dried (20 -30 minutes).
I'm a renter but the same would apply to owners- what right does the body corporate have to require access to our units for this purpose?
I would think that if there were complaints about an individual unit, the there are appropriate avenues to follow this up. However mass pesticide spraying outside common areas seems beyond their power.
Anyone been through this?
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Davkat,
The OC could have the power to do this depending on what resolutions they have passed… But more importantly it makes sense as to the approach being taken regarding this pest control. With pest control, it is only as good as the weakest link.
If you do not treat the total building, those creepy crawleys living inside people’s apartments that are not treated will have a nice little safe haven to live and bread in, only to reinfest the rest of the building sooner rather than latter.
There could be a further purpose to this pest treatment, including doing a pest inspection of all of common property to ensure there are no unwanted pests chewing their way through the building… Not that there would be much to chew in a modern building