[PenrithPeter]

I wonder what restrictions can be imposed on residents and be supported in law.

 

If a ‘webcam’ is banned then is it possible to ban a recording on non-web cam (on a tripod) or a hand held cam or if a resident can see what the cam can see do we stop looking outside of windows? Clearly the last proposal is silly but I see this as a very slippery slope on both sides. There have been lots of proposals but I recall an ABC news item where a homeowner had a security camera that looked over the neighbours property and the neighbours could not do anything about it.

 

The aspect of social media also arises. If I take pics of some common property event (kids of family members playing in a pool) should there be a restriction on their use with respect to social media? (I’m raising the question, not making a suggestion here).

 

Camers also bring into play the question of common property v private property v ‘privacy’ property.

 

Given cameras are cheap and easily set up and now even drones can be used to look into windows then we need, as residents and citizens to ‘watch this space’ (a pun I couldn’t resist).

[PenrithPeter]

I appreciate that those parts of the building are common property but I’ve yet to find the bit of the black letters that says I’m to make them available for an inspection, and on what terms.

Since moving in I’ve encountered many instances when the long-standing bods have told me something is ‘the law/by law etc’ when I’ve found it not to be so. They were either trying to maintain the status quo because it suited them or because someone had told them it was the law etc and it was never questioned. I’m trying to build my own knowledge of what’s what.

I have no issue with the concept of inspections but I like to know the grounds on which they start and finish.

[PenrithPeter]

This is my first year back living in a unit in NSW. The Strata Manager has sent a letter advising of a date of inspection of my unit advising that it is compulsory. Note: this is not the common property it’s my place. Is it compulsory and what Act covers it?

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