Tenants: ‘You’re not the boss of me’
QUESTION: The Executive Committee wants to communicate with tenants and tell them of “duties” that they should be participating in – like rubbish removal etc. I don’t agree with EC…
QUESTION: The Executive Committee wants to communicate with tenants and tell them of “duties” that they should be participating in – like rubbish removal etc. I don’t agree with EC…
QUESTION: I currently have a small dog in a leased apartment and have had no issues with the real estate, body corporate or any neighbours. I’m wondering what the repercussions…
QUESTION: In my strata plan the EC is using unlicensed tradespeople to carry repairs of more than $20k. When questioned they have a “so what” attitude. They also now claim…
A recent survey revealed that nearly 30 percent of renters in Australia don’t have written leases. It seems high and you wonder if it includes tenants who have allowed their…
QUESTION: Our building was on fire again today. The elderly owner concerned has caused fires in the building many times in the past few years. The owner, who needs nursing home…
We tend to get hung up on the problems in strata – it goes with the territory – so it’s great when an antidote to the strata-haters who seem to…
QUESTION: I share an undercover double car space with a tenant. Because he parks his car too far forward I have extreme difficulty getting in and out. I had the…
Owners Corp money being spent on private property has had Flat Chat readers going round and round the garden, not to mention being led up the garden path. QUESTION: The…
QUESTION: A lease states that a landlord agrees to provide and maintain locks or other security devices necessary to keep the residential premises reasonably secure. What does this mean? I…
Nobody could accuse Fair Trading of not listening – or at least asking us for our opinions. Whether or not they listen will only be known when legislation is drafted.…
A couple of worried tenants have asked recently if it’s true that they can be evicted by the executive committees of unit blocks. Executive committees can’t order your eviction directly …
QUESTION: We live in a small apartment block where fewer than half the units are owner-occupied. My wife has been secretary of the Owners Corporation for a number of years…