Agent silent on rent arrears
QUESTION: Our new tenant paid in full in December, two weeks in January and nothing last month. After no response to two emails the managing agent finally advised us she…
QUESTION: Our new tenant paid in full in December, two weeks in January and nothing last month. After no response to two emails the managing agent finally advised us she…
QUESTION: Who is responsible for lost rent if tenants move out while the lift is being upgraded for approximately 10 weeks? – TC ANSWER: This is very tricky, because on…
Hurrah! People who live in apartment buildings will soon be forbidden from smoking outside their buildings’ entrances. A sight we see … um … errr … never because, unlike office…
A tradesman I know had been called to a 15-to-20-year-old block on the North Shore after complaints that balustrade fittings were loose and corroding. Every balcony he tested had dangerous…
Here’s a weird one for you. A friend (let’s call her Gina) recently went on to a ‘reputable’ website to find a flat share and got a gushing email from…
Make no mistake, the single most important change the government could include in its strata law review would be to make the enforcement of by-laws compulsory (as it is in…
QUESTION: I am about to lease a townhouse directly from the owner. What things should I ask for to prove proof of ownership? Will the bond form be enough proof?…
QUESTION: We recently bought a big new flat screen TV for our fairly small flat and, for a variety of reasons it would look great on the wall. The by-laws…
Every executive committee has had one at some time – a member who can only see one point of view (theirs) and for whom being outvoted is evidence of either…
We got a posting recently from a tenant who has gone from a six month lease to a “periodic” – ie, open-ended – tenancy. The landlord asked to put the…
Are you too in the strata with no names? Should executive committee members be a secret society or available for comment and complaint by phone, email and the occasional front-up?…
Do you have any idea how much you are paying for your water? One of the great embarrassments of strata living in this state is that most of us aren’t…