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[Lazzer]

One item that needs to be raised is Smoke Alarms. We have 2 in the house,1 downstairs and other upstairs.

The downstairs one started chirping like a canary for about a week and stopped. I asked a ex fireman friend about it and he said maybe the battery. He also said  IF the alarm is 10 years plus old it needs to be replaced

I have lived here 16 years and townhouses are over 17 years old and alarms have never been touched apart from inspection and new batteries every year.

I have contacted our managing agent to get new alarms fitted to 11 townhouses [22 in total]. He has been told but not sure what he plans are.

I spoke to 2 other owners about it and they were sending him emails to get some action. So in summary it maybe a good point to remind owners about this matter.

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[Boronia]

Whoever is doing the annual inspections and battery replacements should be checking the concurrency of the units and replacing them as necessary?

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[Austman]

In my stratas, unless the internal lot smoke alarms are connected to a building’s central fire panel, they are considered to be a lot owner responsibility to maintain and replace.

I have strata managers that remind lot owners of that duty in every AGM notice.

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