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What is the expected life of the various types of smoke/heat detectors?
The cheap ones need a battery change every year.
I have some ten year battery (or that is what I was told).
There are the ones connected to the wiring.
I suggest sponge baths!
As inconvenient as it will be, you are fortunate the OC is paying for the repairs.
If you owned a Torens Title house you would have to organise the plumbers/builders and pay for the repairs, as well as sponge bath or go to a family or neighbour’s place to shower/bathe.
If the repair involved toilet waste as well, I have seen homes with a porta-loo out front for the residents to use.
It will be good practice for the promised power strikes (in NSW).
Surely the Owner of the property has a say?
@That Crazy Swede said:
I assume we are assuming that when Felix says managing agent he means Strata Manager. That right FlatChatFan?Either that or Felix is leasing from a Managing Agent?
If he is leasing I would start with the Agent but if no success, send the letter.
Have they charged you an additional key deposit on top of what you paid for the other keys? If so, that does not seem fair.
I can understand that if there are security problems, and maybe too many of the old keys in use that they would want to change quickly.
Felix, your post is very much like someone else who complains of similar problems.
My suggestion is to write a formal letter to the Executive Committee and send to the Secretary of the Executive Committee with a copy to the Strata Manager.
You could do it the other way around, but make sure your letters lists in dot points the information you want to give, or the questions you want to ask the Executive Committee.
It is important it is a proper letter, not an email or a verbal request.
It is not much use approaching one EC member, seeing as the whole EC needs to consider any proposals. It appears there are some personality problems between you and at least one EC member.
The EC should set a time to meet and discuss the requests in your letter, and also might circulate a request to all the Owners to find out if there are any other Agenda items at the same meeting. You could attend the meeting but you are not allowed to speak to your Agenda item/question unless asked.
Any ‘victimisation’ or abuse should also be raised in your letter and request all the members of the EC to ensure it is stopped. I think it is very important you stay calm, and do not retaliate.
Another option may be to visit your local Council office and ask if you could see details of the property. I know people who are interested in purchasing a property can do that and I checked out the place I was living in at the time.
The council map showed the owner’s name and address and previous owners.
@ccath said:
Hi, I usually read this column in SMH. Can I please ask a question here?
During inspection the agent said mould and grease would be cleaned, but when we moved in, nothing has been done about it.
Can I put it into a repair request because it’s landlord’s responsibility “to provide the premises ‘reasonably’ clean and fit to live in”. On some areas the grease is about 1 mm thick!
And if I put a deadline, say 7 days to clean the grease, and after some follow ups (3 times, maybe), can I submit Notice of Breach to CTTT?
Is grease on the walls something the Agent should have dealt with before you moved in?
A Bond is collected from a Tenant and if the premises is not cleaned then the Bond should be used to have someone clean the place professionally.
Most Agents have a cleaner they use, but once you are in it is much more difficult to clean around the furniture.
Mould is a health problem and the Owner needs to take steps to stop the cause of the mould.
Unfortunately with a shortage of rental properties, some owners have a ‘take it as it is or leave it’ attitude.
Could it be that the stairs were added after the building was ‘certified’ as completed?
Unfortunately not so unusual, even with new developments.
@Bev29 said:
Hi Jimmy, the problems are 1) dog off leash on common property. Allegedly. 2) cats roaming the common property. Both contravene the bylaws. (btw my cats do get out onto the common property an issue we are working hard to address.) A fellow EC member wants to have them removed or set traps. I’m not sure about nuisance but I do know the EC member is scared of dogs so that could affect his health. The pet issue seems to take up 75 per cent of our EC time, because of one person’s niggling and nosiness. If he was out at work all day like everyone else he would barely notice it. Any tips on how to handle him would be appreciated too!Hi Bev,
In other areas of the Forum there has been discussion about netting, etc. to keep cats on a property. They will live longer, save you vet bills, and will get used to being ‘inside’ cats.
A dog should not be allowed to run free, but not having a dog I have no suggestions. Others have had success with dogs living with them in high rise.
gusmich,
Wouldn’t you want to know the extent of any asbestos around where you live?
I am planning to find out if our small complex has an asbestos register and if not, will propose that it be started at our next AGM.
How could a Royal Commission be started out of the Bankstown tragedy?
Apparently the same developer/builder has quite a few buildings and probably has used the same defective plans for all of them.
Could a class action be organised by a group of concerned Owners in shoddy buildings?
Maybe a a legal firm with a conscience could offer support to the victims (and families) of the Bankstown tragedy while it is still in the news?
@JimmyT said:
I’ve had a bit of a rant about the blaze that killed one young woman and badly injured another. It’s HERE if you are interested.Go for it Jimmy. I totally agree with your rant and may there be many more of them. Hopefully there will be no more deaths, but already it appears that instead of going to the root causes, a scapegoat will bear the brunt of blame and everything else that was wrong will be shoved under the carpet.
Some newspapers have reported that the residents in that four year old building had made numerous complaints about problems but no response.
Each story reminded me of previous posts to Flat Chat Forum and the difficulty for Owners and Renters to get information about their options when there was a problem.
It will probably take years for any Inquiry and court cases to be resolved, but please keep any progress (or lack of it) alive in this Forum.
@Slapped said:
The Insurance company have since been sent the court transcript showing it to be a private matter. Now a former EC member has requested an EGM be called and one of the matters is a motion to allow the members of the Corporate Body to vote to signify that they are fully aware of the matter, that the insurance has been finalised and the Owners have no further interest in the claim. In other words they are going to villify* the wrongdoing. There are only 2 or 3 of 21 units prepared to vote against this. Is this legal? Can they support an obvious wrong doing by an EC member? What can the 2 owners not supporting do to prevent it?
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So what can be done?