[jpsblue75]

@jpsblue75 said:
Have you ever asked yourself the question What does a strata manager actually do?

What do they really do because when it really comes down to it and you take a moment to think about it all they are really doing is paying bills for owners corporations and taking excessive amounts for this.

If someone thinks otherwise let me know, I am curious to find a strata manager that actually knows anything about the buildings they are managing and perhaps even more than just a location from a map or gps.

[jpsblue75]

What about people that attempt to write emails and have to go into great detail of the background of the problem/s.  Sometimes there is no other way and to really make sense of the issue/s, the emails have to been long.  I am currently being penalised and threatened with bankruptcy even though i have done the right thing and paid it done from just over $9,7000 to around $3,400 with another payment made today 23/2/2016.  However the strata manager has done 2 things illegally, 1 called an EGM to have the owners corp take legal action (at this EGM 1 owner that voted was unfinancial and allowed to vote, all votes by the way were by proxy) and 2, has not informed the owners corp of any payments as he says he was not informed by his legal team of any payment and either he is playing dumb or he really was not informed but the solicitor in question was by my solicitor.

So you see sometimes a person does need a long email to really explain and this is quite short as I could really make it long and go into further and indepth detail.

[jpsblue75]

The strata manager has never informed the owners corp that any payments have been made and i have now lowered the amount to around $3,400.  The strata manager claims to have NO knowledge and was NOT informed by anyone including the solicitor (acting on behalf of the owners), who was informed by my solicitor and sent a copy of all receipts.  The strata manager  is a megalomaniac and out of control.  I am not trying to be a victim nor stir up trouble but I have done all the right things and still being penalised for some unknown reason.  The building has 5 owners, 1 owner overseas and not interested, 2 owners including myself as residents and 2 owners interstate. I am the only taking any interest and asking questions and making “noise”.  The owners past and present refuse to communicate even with mediation.  The other owners blindly follow whatever the strata manager says and it is usually with out following legislation or any merit.

Where i am this strata manager thinks he is god and with only 4-5 strata management companies in the area, people are stuck between a rock and a hard place and not open to choice and thanks to gossip between managers word gets around about a certain client.

[jpsblue75]

i have attempted to speak to the owners through mediation but they refused and i have since found out that this is thanks to 1 tenant that is a proxy for the owners she has been talking to them and portraying her lifestyle onto me and spreading innuendo and lies.  As for the rest that Peter mentions I am making every attempt to lower the debt but the strata manager has not informed the owners of any payments made.  His comment was ” I have not received any information for anyone about any payment” and this incorrect as emails were sent to him, his accounts dept and all owners from me after i received a email from my solicitor informing the owners corp’s solicitor of payments made and copies of receipts i had given.  However, i think that they all deleted my email to them without reading and the solicitor has not informed the manager of payment.  Thus giving the owners corp the impression that the debt still stands at the original amount of around $12,000 and this is misleading.  The strata manager i been told by many people is annoyed that i basically questioned him and talked back.  I am pretty sure that i have this right and that the manager works for the owners not the other way around. This manager is out of control and a megalomaniac, narcissistic individual.  If anyone else reads this, have they encountered a similar person or situation can you advise me on what to do? Yes i thought of the tribunal but have been unsuccessful in the past but will try to attempt again.  Mediation isn’t an option as the owners are now convinced I am the root of evil and must be shunned thanks to the strata manager’s and a owner’s proxy manipulation and lies.

[jpsblue75]

I have paid the levy due for january quarter but the strata manager is the one attempting to take bankruptcy against me and he is not informing the other owners that the arrears have been paid done.  He said at the meeting that he had no knowledge of any payments made from his solicitor but this is incorrect as the solicitor was informed of this straight away and received copies of the receipts showing amounts.  The strata manager is the one that is be devious and misleading and doing everything in an attempt to have me gone from the building.  Also as I mentioned 1 owner is unfinancial but no legal action has been taken against her as she is considered “quiet” yet I have been labelled a troublemaker and been made a example of as I asked too many questions and made the manager look like an idiot.

Is the strata manager allowed to carry on like this and is it even legal?

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