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P.S. I purchased a new remote from Jaycar for $75 so your SM is taking you for a ride.

CBF

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Hi Geoff B, the motor and device that operates the Common Property garage door leading into your complex is the responsibility of the OC. The remote that you use to open said door is the owners responsibility(meaning you or if you are a tenant then possibly your landlord). If the battery needs replacing or you lose the remote it is the owners responsibility(or the tenant) and not the OC.

Cheers,

CBF

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Hi All, in our complex we allow the use of a ‘clothes horse’ or air dryer for drying of laundry on balconies so long as they are not above the height of the balcony rail.

Laundry is not to be hung over the balcony railings. This seems to work well and does not affect the appearance of the building.

Cheers,

CBF

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Hi Unexpected Leigh, All,

How does everyone turning up to a getgother resolve all problems? Admitting it is a great first step to come up with possible solutions, resolutions. Yeahhh!

Yes,in our building we did the have a chat and a cuppa with the owner of the barking dog, we came up with a number of resolutions,together, used a number of medications, retraining etc which took many months of owners putting up with this constant barking, but what resulted in that was the animal still barked up a storm, we had owners with a log book. To identify the problem a video was so helpful, all behaviour has a cause, you need to identify that, observing behavior in both people and animals is.  But the final resolution was a shock collar. It solved the problem short term and long term the dog recognized the collar and did not need it again.

In reply to animals being kept in small spaces overseas, being legal or accepted does not necessarily mean that it is an environment that is healthy and happy for an amimal.

CBF

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Hi All,

We recently had a similar problem and found the shock collar solved the problem.

By the way, regardless of approval from your OC to keep an animal you are still required to abide by the bylaws so if the animal is a nuisance you may be required to remove it.

I am an animal lover, own a cat and live in an animal friendly building so the shock collar was an issue but a lesser issue than the owner having to remove their pet from the building to protect the peaceful enjoyment of others. After a short time the dog recognised the collar and did not need it so possibly for some animals this is retraining. You have to realise a lot of these animals bad behaviour is a result of bad training from owners. Sorry, no offence, just fact. People treating the dogs as.. well..children or people rather than pack animals so the result is an animal that suffers from seperation anxiety. So of course there is not a problem if someone is home but the minute the dog is left alone it lets fly. For this reason most owners of these poor anxious animals have no idea that there is a problem. MzTee you need to worry about your own dog and not the neighbours. Ensure your dog is not the problem. One of our residents set up a video feed via their pc so they were able to get an idea of what their pup was up to. Perhaps you could do the same? Take your pup out of the equation, provide proof and let the others worry about the result. You will be much happier.

Best of Luck

CbF

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Hi All,

 

We have a shared digital aerial recently placed so all would have good reception.

I think with our building we also needed the votes to install foxtel on CP. If needed look at unit entitlements when voting. Not everyone chooses to use it. But that is one of the costs or perks of living in Strata. TV is a given and reception is a necessety but these days internet TV is overtaking Foxtel so some buildings will choose not to use it preferring high speed internet for downloading….TV and  movies!“`

Cheers,

CBF

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Hi All, My building is 8 yrs old. Less than 30 lots. We have in each apartment an electrical board with switches for our own apartments so if there is a failure within we can address independantly. The larger mains including CP are in a switch room with access via an NMB key. Occasionally there are power failures and a simple call to Energy Australia will usually identify where the failure is. I would have no problem with giving permission for a lot  to have control of the electrics within their lot. So long as it does not control the CP and that they would take on board costs and maintenance.

Cheers CBF

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Hi Bmarr, sorry but I don’t see the problem. I understand your grief with few visitors parking spaces available but in my view he is a visitor. The visitor parking is for visitors. How many other visitors do you have on that one night a week? I am in a block of 28 with 5 visitor spots and it is rare for even 2 of them to be filled on the same night. Do you have a disabled parking spot that perhaps the OC would allow them to use? If not, and you do have a lot of visitors on that one night surely some consideration could be given to an elderly person in need of help? I would prefer an able bodied person walk the 5-10 minutes to the building than force a person with health issues to do so.

Cheers,

CBF

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In reply to PeterC, If that is the case then perhaps signs could be looked at on application and a temporary approval given? Perhaps rent for use of CP? Might as well get some dollars in the coffers if the site is not too offensive to other owners?

Having said that we do not allow for sale signs on our property.

Cheers

CBF

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As JT and the other replies say, your plan will guide you, find the plan and have clear lines painted on your property!

Cheers,

CBF

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Or….he does….and doesn’t care!

CBF

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Legally, you may not film or record without a notice on property advising that a camera is being used. Perhaps you might also be able to inform council or police?

OC will need to give permission for that notice to be placed on Common Property.

Cheers,

CBF

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Hi edc,

In my opinion, to put it simply, there is too much information, your renovations include a change to Common Property as JT has advised, a change to CP needs to be addressed and approved at a general meeting. If it is not approved at a general meeting your renovations may not go ahead. There are two streams of approval when doing renos, one is the strata the other is council, they are seperate entities and council does not overrule strata, though they often work together as some renos need both strata and council approval. A bylaw will need to be drafted to protect all owners from maintaining your renos. This bylaw will also need to be accepted by the OC. My suggestion is you start again, look at today as day one, engage a decent strata lawyer who will know their way around these issues and be able to draft a bylaw suitable to all and deal with your strata manager for you. If the lawyer feels you need to get into the ‘he said she said’ they will advise you but it really should not be necessary. They will then advise you if and when you need to begin mediation and pursue through CTTT.

Cheers,

CBF

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Will keep my fingers crossed for you.

CBF

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Hey Struggler, how was your AGM?

Cheers,

CBF

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