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In our strata complex of townhouses one resident decided to change his own antenna which was strata property with one from bunnings and in the process he fell and broke some tiles.
The secretary didn’t have the bill for the repair added to the resident’s account as they have long standing friction. So the OC has ended paying the bill as the managing agent said since its an accident and common property we have to pay the bill.
So hopefully someone can clarify who is correct?
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It does seem to me, with more information coming out, that the SM actually did keep the OC (well at least the Secretary) informed of the actions the SM was taking. It was the OC Secretary who didn’t want to proceed with billing the tenant for the repair.
Anyway, the answer to Colosus’ original question is the OC must pay for repairs. They could try to claim costs from the owner or tenant but it would make sense for the OC to claim on building insurance and forward any excess costs to the owner who could forward them to the tenant. If the OC didn’t claim the owner could when hit with the bill.
No more from me on this thread either!
