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I live in an older style building of 21 units, we have a basement area which used to house washing tubs, now the hot water system is there and gas meters, it is quite a large area. When I first moved here many people had keys and used the area for storage which eventually just became a dumping area, the area has now been cleaned out and there are very few keys . I asked for a key as I wanted to store my bicycle there and this has been the case for some years, however I have now been told that under the new Strata Laws this is not allowed – I am 68 years old and will now have to carry my bike up two flights of stairs, do I have any options ?
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I think the fist stage is to ask them which of the new strata laws says you can’t put your bike in a store room.
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I think the fist stage is to…
Better to avoid ‘the fist stage’ if you can. 😉
More seriously, I would point out that secure bike storage is a useful facility that many OCs wish they had and perhaps the use of part of the room for that purpose should be formalised, or at least not discouraged. Plenty of younger people might also be discouraged from cycling if they had to carry their bikes up a few flights of stairs.
If you were in the ACT, you could even call a bike rack in part of the room ‘sustainability infrastructure’ (makes low emissions transport easier) and approve this with an ordinary resolution pursuant to s.23 of the Unit Titles (Management) Act 2011.