Reply To: Balcony responsibility

Thank you so much Jimmy-t! You are very helpful.

I don’t think that replacing OC Manager is an option at this time. They have just appointed them and they did it without our presence, because they did it right after our settlement, when they didn’t have our contact and we hadn’t moved in yet. Our property had a tenant in, so we couldn’t move in immediately. They could have asked the tenant for our contact, but I have a hunch that they didn’t want us there, hence no effort was made to contact us.

Cosmo, balcony itself may not be a common property, and we are fine to fix balustrade and the balcony floor. But since the wooden poles that are holding the balcony are placed on the courtyard of the neighbour below, it makes sense to me that the poles are common property. Those poles are also the reason the balcony is dropping, so I would expect that OC is responsible to lift the balcony back to its original position too. But I will check everything with the Consumer Affairs Victoria to make sure.