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I’m an owner/occupier in a strata complex which is made up of units and townhouses. The townhouses have their own lock up garages within the common carpark. Some units have allocated carparks (the parking in the visitor and car wash bay is a whole other thread
)A few of the cars in car spaces (unit dwellers) have, over the years been broken into or damaged. Usually when the fire door onto the street has been left open by those who use it because it must be easier.
The townhouses are only accessed by their individual garages, so the use of the comma basement is essentially to get into your garage. There is no need to use any other areas of the common property to access your townhouse.
The latest unit dweller to have their car broken into, twice in 2 weeks, wants cctv installed. Fair enough, we had issues with a resident seriously damaging cars (another story) but he’s gone.
The townhouses, due to square meterage, pay the most in strata levies. In this situation, townhouse owners would be stumping up the most $$$ to protect the vehicles of the cars of the unit dwellers, despite our vehicles being safely locked behind individual doors.
I ask as we are currently paying hefty levies due to a building defect claim. Townhouses are currently paying $2300/ quarter (for the past couple of years). Units are paying between $600 and $800/ quarter.
Is it possible for a special levy to be weighted so the unit dwellers pay more for the installation of cctv?
cheers
