@JimmyT said:
@Donswayze said:
Q1 – Can they enforce that you must use a professional removals company?Yes, just as they can insist that your use qualified and licensed tradespeople.
I don’t see the connection… Tradies are legally required to be licensed for safety reasons. For example, you’re not allowed to just do your own electrical work and in strata this is especially true as it would pose a danger to the entire building. This bylaw, however, is effectively banning people from carrying their own possessions and is, in my opinion, ridiculous.
It’s also practically unenforceable as tenants aren’t required to be given a copy of the by-laws until 7 days after moving in so wouldn’t necessarily know, and what good would come from serving a notice to comply on a recently departed resident.
Yes, I understand that there may have been issues with damage with people moving, however removalists aren’t immune to this either and I’d rather take personal control to ensure no damage (and would be reluctant to trust my furniture to some removalists).
When moving out, I’d use lines like… “I don’t believe that by-law is legally enforceable. If you issue an NTC then I intend to dispute it”
or “No, I’m not moving out just now… I’m just moving my furniture out. I won’t actually be moving out until tomorrow” (depending on the wording of the by-law).
Sorry for the rant, but this type of over-regulation really gets to me. I like doing things myself wherever possible and I would get irritated if someone told me that I not only couldn’t do something simple like this, but actually had to pay to have it done.
What’s next? Forcing you to have your groceries home-delivered? Oh, someone’s car had a scratch so now only professional valet drivers are allowed to move cars into and out of the carpark? Some people seem to think that humans should be locked in a protective cage for our own safety, and only allowed to perform tasks that we have had four years of full-time training on.
Oh, and to be picky… “removalist” does not meet the meaning of “profession”, it is simply an “occupation”, so it is not possible to ever find a “professional removalist”.