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My friend owns a townhouse in a 4 townhouse complex and as such all owners are on the Exec Committee.
At the April meeting it was minuted that no major works in the near future, however at the May meeting the other 3 owners had provided a proxy vote to the Strata Manager to approve a special levy to paint the building ($5k each). My friend got wind of this and requested prior to the May meeting, that the special levy be spread over the next 3 months as she did not have the funds to pay it.
This request was ignored, the special levy was approved by the other 3 owners and she was invoiced the very next day after the meeting, giving her 30 days to pay. She did not have the funds, had requested again to pay in installments, all requests ignored.
She was served with a notice by a collections agent on day 31, again she requested to pay in installments, which was declined.
Her work was then served a notice to garnish her salary for the entire amount, + costs + the next strata fees ($7500). She is a senior manager at her work with financial responsibilities and as such has been brought in front of the CEO, who will also need to notify the board of directors of her ‘financial problems’ and is now marked as a ‘risk’ for the organisation she works for.
We have since found out the neighbours driving the original painting were ‘personal friends of the painters’ and also have just erected a for sale sign.
What can be done to redress what appears to be an extremely unfair turn of events.
Any suggestions welcome.