Reply To: The peril of going away and not leaving a house key

Jimmy, given what you wrote, who do you see responsible for damages to a front door and lot owner’s contents if the OC and its hired tradesmen need to enter to make emergency repairs and the owner has not left keys with anyone? Surely the OC cannot be forced to reinstate items that need not have been damaged if a neighbour had a key.

Is there another section in the SSM Act that speaks to this?

It would be great to hear of NCAT cases that considered this issue.