@tharra said:
@Whoopi said:
My advice to anyone ever considering buying into Strata is DON”T. You place your money and your property in the hands of volunteers, untrained in any way for the job . No business acumen, no building experience and no people skills. Emotionally immature despots who are attracted to being on a committee due to a hunger for control, power and the access to the considerable money available to them.I feel for you in your situation but to lump all strata schemes in the “run by incompetent tinpot dictators” pile does disservice to those of us who strive to keep their strata schemes running as smoothly as possible by volunteering their professional skills & experience to their owner’s corporations.
At their best, strata schemes allow neighbours to create a greater sense of community and to make democratic decisions about how to maintain and improve shared facilities for the good of all. However, there will always be some people with less than ideal character traits, fortunately in a minority in most places.