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When our lift provider suggested a full replacement at a cost of $260k, the committee engaged an independent lift consultant. After assessing the equipment, the consultant confirmed that replacement was necessary.
However, the consultant also identified specific maintenance failures that had been causing the frequent breakdowns. Following their intervention with the service provider, call-outs were reduced to zero.
We did likewise a few years ago when we, (an 8-storey building) came to replace our 30 year old lift. We used a list consultant based in St Leonards, NSW from narrowing down just what options we needed, to running the tender, evaluating the responses and recommending who to go with and then signing off at the end of the job. He was especially useful in cutting through the red tape where lift regulations meet fire regulations, an area none of us had a clue about. Worth every penny of his fees.
If you are going to be reselling internet or phone services just be careful of your obligations under the Telecommunications legislation. There are carriers (like NBN and Telstra and TPG) but if you’re taking a bulk service from one of them and reselling it you might find yourself falling under the definition of a Carriage Service Provider who have their own obligations.
I think you might need to be a bit careful here.
We’re in NSW, a multi-storey block. For many years our OC maintained all the external doors and windows and walls, however, when we changed strata managers at the next AGM the new manager brought along a strata solicitor.
He explained that since our building was built pre-1974 when different rules applied and where there was a balcony beyond the wall, door or window these items were within the Lot and were actually not common property but the individual owners’ responsibility.