Now, we’re going to need you to use your imagination for a minute here. You have a rooftop apartment – a penthouse, if you like – and it has a terrace.
The building is quite old and, inevitably, the membrane on the roof is starting to break up and leaks are starting to appear.
Obviously, the membrane on the roof needs to be fixed at owners corporation expense. But what about the terrace?
The owners corp says it’s the lot owner’s problem. The lot owner says it’s their terrace but it’s also the downstairs neighbour’s roof and the owners corp – all the owners collectively – should pay.
Who’s right? Have a look HERE.
Elsewhere on the Forum
- This usually goes the other way but an owner wants to convert her storage cage to a parking space. Can she? That’s HERE.
- Airbnb rentals are proven beyond doubt to drive up rents and push out residential tenants. One Flatchatter has an ingenious way to make it a more level playing field between residents and tourists. That’s HERE.
- Committee members are expected to act “in good faith” but what does that term actually mean? That’s HERE.
- Telcos are forcing their equipment into unwilling strata blocks. The legislation says you can’t stop them but you can slow them down. That’s HERE.
- The question of an owner taking on their strata committee but avoiding costs took a new twist with a WA judge referring to a strata case as “the folly of litigation”. That’s HERE.
- Unlicensed tradie fails to complete work – another episode in the “how do we sack our strata manager” saga. that’s HERE.
How to ask and answer questions
First of all, if you want to get your questions into the weekly roundup, post them on a Monday or Tuesday morning. Why? Because that’s when we start gathering items together for this post.
Otherwise, anyone can read our posts any time but now there are several easy ways you can search, access, ask questions and reply to others’ queries.
The best way these days may be to click on “Forum: Your Qs & A’s” on the top menu bar on a computer screen or on the drop-down menu (three lines) on the right of the screen on phones and tablets, under the Strata Choice ad.
Then click on the topic title that interests you, and off you go.
Alternatively, you can look at the list of “Your latest questions and answers” under the ads on the right of the page on a computer screen. Or at the bottom, after the ads and stories, on a tablet or phone.
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