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But first, please clarify your question and then we can respond in a more useful way.
What they said.
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We don’t even know how this would be possible.
It’s possible because people get carried away with their limited power and they make mistakes. This sounds like a ploy to punish the owners who called the meeting but it seems it has since been resolved and the bill was rescinded. Anything is possible in strata – but not everything is legal or enforceable.
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Are you in NSW?
I just got an email saying he is in Victoria.
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Committees can set their own rules for behaviour at their meetings, provided they don’t contravene strata (or any other law).
For instance, committees can’t decide that they want members who have declared a conflict of interest to sit in on discussions about the conflicting issues. The law says they must leave the meeting. The same goes for members who are unfinancial – the committee can’t decide it’s ok for them to vote, because the law says they can’t.
On the other hand, the committee can adopt a code of conduct and standing orders, or have one imposed on them by a general meeting, that moderate they way they behave during meetings. Have a look at this old post, for more on that.
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To me, the key phrase here is “…store or accumulate in public view…”. If your stuff was hidden away in a “Box Thing”, would it be in public view. It looks to me as if the by-law was written to stop people leaving assorted jumble in their car spaces (which is fair enough).
In our block, you are allowed to have a Box Thing in your car space but it must be of a design and colour approved by the committee. So maybe that’s your approach – ask the committee what kind of container would be approved that would give people storage without offending the eye of the beholder.
And if they say NONE, start a little campaign in your block to have a storage module approved. The lack of storage is the bane of apartment dwellers lives – you might fnd you have a lot of support at your next AGM.
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I had a lot of problems with this post.
- It was just tagged on to another thread that had nothing to do with it (that I can see).
- It came in as a TABLE or spreadsheet and I wasted lot of time deconstructing it.
- I have no idea what the question is.
Please try again – this time without copying and pasting a table.
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You need to … have some mechanism to assure continued moderation and maintenance should the usual moderator cease to be able to manage the site.
This is the most common reason single scheme websites and Facebook pages fall over. They need to be run by a committee or sub-committee so that there is a continuity regardless of who moves out or loses interest or suddenly lacks time. It’s also a good way of introducing new people to the ins and outs of strata committee life.
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Take the matter to Fair Trading and accuse the landlord of deceptive conduct.
Really? Is it a good idea to annoy someone who probably had no part in this decision and may not even know there is a problem?
Ask your landlord to fix the problem or, as Tina suggests, ask them to reduce the rent by an amount that reflects the cost of a gym membership plus a premium for the added inconvenience of having to travel to exercise.
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Is the ACT unique in allowing this?
In NSW, I think owners of homes in a two-unit scheme can arrange their own insurances provided there is no physical connection between them.
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My understanding is that owners have unlimited liability for the management of their schemes. However, there are various ways of making up the shortfall in levies and the recovery of debts due to other owners’ levies arrears. Ask your strata manager if they have looked at borrowing as an alternative to special levies and what their policies on debt recovery are. There is no way you need be out of pocket due to other owners inability to pay their levies. But you may need to be patient and just adding to the levies burden is not the smartest way to fix this
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My understanding is that so long as you erect the fence within the boundary of your exclusive use area you do not need a further Owner’s Corporation approval.
Not strictly true. There are provisions in the act related to the appearance of the scheme being changed and the effect on common property of any attachment to it (for instance).
The simplest way to resolve these issues may be to create a by-law passing responsibility for the changes to the owners of the lot henceforth, and in the current rush to get the property on the market it may be wise to compromise so that the deal can be done. If the objecting neighbour contines to block approval, then you can seek orders at NCAT although that will take a long time. The easiest thing to do may be to ask then outright what they want and be prepared to compromise.
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Sorry, I don’t speak Acronym. What is BUGTA?
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There are two different issues here. Firstly is whether the OC head installed the cameras with a legitimate committee decision.
I take your point but I don’t think it’s just a committee decision – it’s a change to common property and I think that needs a by-law approved by a super-majority at a general meeting.
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