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Anonymous

    Thanks for the advice, this forum certainly does make for interesting reading.

     

    With regards to dipping into the OC sinking fund or whatever its called, I would think that this is what its there for and why I pay my body corp fees regularly anyway.  Its supposedly a premium apartment building, and we already get charged relatively high charges, and if this causes a special levy for the whole building to be charged, then I would think then that the OC would actually be doing what its supposed to do, which is to spread the cost of common property repairs and maintenance(which also includes damage as a result of common property) to everyone in the building. As the building is also quite big, 60 floors of at least 10 apartments each floor, my share of any special levy imposed as a result of this would be minimal compared to an excess I would have to fork out myself.

     

    I do agree with your advice though that easiest and fastest way would be to just claim through contents insurance and then maybe try and get OC to cover the excess(and hope my premium doesn't go up), however, I don't think that the OC should be able to get away with stuff like this if its their responsibility. Also spoke to Consumer Affairs Victoria yesterday about this, and their advice was that this is definitely OC responsibility and if they don't want to play ball, to lodge an official complaint and take it from there.  Might be worth it to do just so they realise their obligations rather than quick handball to someone else.

     

    I've already lived with this for past few months(this has been ongoing since at least october last year), and the carpet has dried up, but it still needs to be replaced/repaired, so its not like some more time trying to resolve this to my satisfaction will kill me.