There’s a real breakthrough on the Forum this week a complex question from Victoria has been pulled apart and answered by our new Vic correspondent (don’t worry, there’s plenty of other stuff from NSW).
The issue concerns a small scheme where one owner’s apartment has been affected by leaks from common property, the insurers have agreed to pay for repairs but one owner who has a handful of supporters in the tiny block, refuses to allow the work to be done.
Meanwhile the strata manager isn’t returning calls or emails and this has been going on for two years. This has many moving parts covered by a multiplicity of laws.
Have a look at the response from Flat Chat’s NBF, Julie McLean, president of the Victorian branch of the SCA (the strata managers’ professional body).
Prepare to be amazed at how she breaks the question down and proposes practical strategies. That’s all HERE.
Elsewhere in the Forum
- Two-lot neighbour’s parking is driving me nuts. That’s HERE.
- Dispute over reno waterproofing in a 60s block that never had it before. That’s HERE.
- By-law wanted for installing air-con. That’s HERE.
- Do we really need a lawyer for a visitor parking by-law? That’s HERE.
- I injured myself doing voluntary work for the strata scheme. Who do I sue? That’s HERE.
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