[Matt]

DaveB

Agreed, it isn’t so simple as just blaming the other owner. My friend, she has to take some liability as the cat wasn’t supervised neither was the dog. So both in some ways are responsible 50/50. I reckon a 50/50 split of vet bills, would be fair, as both were negligent.

The Dog Owner has to accept some blame I reckon. He showed disregard by not haveing his dog supervised or on a leash, knowing that cats were allowed to be kept as pets in the building. Equally my friend with the cat, she had her cat unsupervised aware of dogs were allowed in the building.

The OC, here doesn’t have to out up signs so it’s hard for them to be sued and re-imburse the vet costs.

I reckon a 50/50 split would be a fair settlement,but what’s clear is the cat owner my friend has to take 50% of the blame I reckon, some may say more or less, but I reckon 50%, and she should incur 50% of the vet costs.

Where she may have a case is there’s some laws possibly about animals in some animals act. That if a person or other animal is attacked, even if it’s on there property the owner of the animal who attacked and cause injury is responsible or can be held liable. It’s a thorny issue, as owner’s of other pets, primarily cats can’t cry foul if they let there cats run outside knowing other dogs are around in the building. 

Baronia- If it happened outside of the Strata Plan zone, that would be a different matter, so not much point going into the hypotheticals, but maybe then for sure then the owner of the dog would have to pay the vet bills 100%.

[Matt]

Whale

Thanks for that. It’s good that there is some legal definition of a caretaker in NSW. Im in Sydney, so it applies to me. I’ll write to my strata to put as a motion of agenda for the OC/EC at next month’s EC meeting, and go from there. 

Getting a request of contract-details of my caretaker may prove difficult but could be wrong. Not sure if contracts for caretakers are suppressed, or deemed private from owners or not. We are told of his salary, and when he wants a raise etc, which he applied for last year, if I can get his ABN and his contract details of my EC then I’ll request that. Thanks for the info, and good to know there is a legal definition in NSW of a caretaker.

[Matt]

I agree. I was most annoyed at the $1000 special levy this quarter. There has been a lot of renovations, and we were told at the AGM, more work was needed after the structural engineer uncovered more defects. Very annoyed, as we have to cover this cost. And why it also makes sense that the proposed strata reform laws, will carry that – what is it 2% Bond, or is it a $200,000 sinking fund, if they go broke, they have to forfeit something like along those line, like that. I was annoyed as were other residents with the big levy Hike. Some better transparency,  under the new reforms hopefully. And one of those big ones, is when more work needs to be done or uncovered. It unintentionally then becomes a “Racket”, or even sometimes intnentially. Renovating common property, is one of those ones. External rendering, of the bricks and concrete is one, as is footpaths, and car parks being renovated. Cost blow outs beyond the original budget can happen, and during excavations and work being done.

Like more protection for consumers, more protection for the Lot owners who form the owner’s corporation of a building. So developers, and strata management agencies don’t rip off, or engage in deceptive conduct. 

Like declaring insurance stuff too.

[Matt]

Some good points guys. And this is the point. A big External renovation is going on in our building. A concrete Rendering of the entire building.

 

We the owners of each Unit have been hit with a $1000 Levy this quarter.

So is that a lot?

Funny with the admin fees, it makes me think I must be out of touch. Almost now as if it’s common practice in Sydney to pay $1500 or $2000 per quarter for admin fees, could now be seen as routine.

It’s a big building as I said or relatively big, 20 floors, 80 units.

But the $1000 Levy fee for the Sinking fund is quite expensive, or maybe that’s not considered expensive.

But that’s the thing $850 per quarter,seems to be seen as low now in modern times in Sydney for strata admin fees.

 

The pool even if I wanted it scrapped, would cost too much in external  common property renovations re-modelling the common property, it just wont happen. 

[Matt]

Thanks Jimmy makes sense good advice, cheers. 

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