#62391
Jimmy-T
Keymaster

    I doubt if the landlord would cover the cost of Ubers.

    Also, you suspect the strata committee has been less than proactive here.  Did they canvass residents to find out who would be impacted by this, and how badly?  Could they have organised a peak hour shuttle service between the block and public transport? Might they have “borrowed ” visitor parking from a nearby block?

    I doubt very much if any of these options were even considered – and this committee would not be alone in its “damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead” approach.

    There are several opinions here that are typical of a common strata committee view, that the tenant just has to suck it up as everyone is in the same boat.

    But they’re not.  The tenant has no say in the extent of the work, its timing or how it is structured. Could it have been done in stages that were less disruptive, for instance?

    Also, the benefits to the tenant are debatable to say the least.

    The landlord should compensate the tenant and the rental agent should be passing that message on.  Whether or not the landlord is entitled to compensation from the strata schemes is when the “we’re all in this together” argument gets real.

     

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