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Fire safety risk for shelving? Really? Why is it not a risk for the shelves already in place? The issue I can see is who owns the shelves. If someone moves out, can they take their shelves with them – and what about the lot owner who already has shelves?
Maybe the OC needs to buy the shelves and call them a “fixture” and you need a by-law to prevent some future owner from removing the shelves. And maybe the OC needs to pay a nominal amount to “buy” the shelves that are already in place so that everything is consistent.
The SM doesn’t get to decide this unless you’re doing something that contradicts the law. Even if your insurance company decides to up your insurance premium because you now have shelves, the owners can still decide to proceed.
The shelves may not be a fire risk; the problem could be with what is stored on them. Our block has 21 cages in corner of the car park; some occupants have provide their own shelving. A few years back, a fire started in one of them, and destroyed everything in all of them.
Every student in a student flat is not taking up equivalent space in an existing local “family” residence, so there is an offset increase in available rooms.
I suspect the cost of developing private residences exceeds the reasonable cost of selling them. Hence there has been stagnation in new builds in the LGA.
What could happen a few years down the track when the owner who didn’t pay sells out, and the new owner wants to be able to use the lift?
Problems are likely to occur if more of those 35 vehicles become EVs/hybrids.
How many CP power points are accessible in the area? What is the maximum load for the circuit(s) they are on? Most individual domestic circuits run on 20-25 amps, which would equate to just 2 very slow chargers. Is this likely to cause sharing conflicts for the OC to try and sort out?
If your plan is not registered for GST, your strata levies are not an invoice for “goods and services”. You are basically just transferring money from your bank account into a “joint account” managed by the OC.
Taking photos does not help if you don’t know who owns the vehicle. “Catching in the act” was meant to refer to actually sighting a driver, and matching them to an apartment.
All of these solutions are dependent on being able to identify the offending owner/lot. Many older apartments do not have the sophistication to do this other than by catching the offender in the act.
Perhaps stick with manufacturer’s recommendations, and get it tested regularly. You don’t have to be sick to get infected.
The front door key is the primary level of security for the building and protection of occupants’ property. You certainly don’t want anyone being able to make and distribute copies at random.
If the OP has been able to get copies made, there is a serious lack of security. Respectable locksmiths will not copy security keys without authority from the OC which owns them. The OC/SM should have some records of who has keys.
A few years ago in our block, we experienced a number of thefts from cars and storage cages. We put it down to a departing tenant keeping one of the keys, and coming back to help themselves. We had to fit new locks and have new keys made and issued. The thefts then stopped.
My reading of the original post is that OP owns both units, so there is no issue of getting “agreements”. As long as that continues, I’d guess he is free to allocate the two spaces as he sees fit. I’m also assuming the OP actually lives in one, and has a tenant in the other.
If the car spaces form part of the lot, this should show on the Plan for the building and the lot title deeds. If one or both of the lots are subsequently sold, the status quo would need to be resumed unless the plans are rewritten. If the spaces are on separate title, the OP could sell off which ever one they preferred?
You could, but I’d guess those with higher new UEs aren’t going to support you.
As I understand it,
An “employee” would need Workers Comp Insurance provide by the SP, and would have PAYE tax deducted from from “wages”. Superannuation may also be payable by the SP. They are not covered under PL.
A “contractor”, inc sole traders, should have an ABN and PL insurance, and issue Tax Invoices to the SP for work charged.
I’d check the terms of your Public Liability cover. Many policies stipulate that any contractors must have their own PL coverage.
Our block had a similar problem a few years ago, but we decided it would be more effective to replace the carpets on the stairs and common landings with tiles, just keeping the original carpets for the corridors leading to individual units. It is a 3 level building with no lifts, so gets a fair bit of foot traffic.
I would suggest that replacing the entire carpet in the building would be a capital improvement/replacement, paid for from the Capital Works/Sinking fund, not a “repair”. Fitting of safety treads would be part of a decision on what type/colour of carpet, etc, to be used.