#27798
shawtodds
Flatchatter

    Interesting situation Krusty.  I have a similar question along the same line as yours if anyone can shed some light on this issue. Briefly:

    I am in strata building of 3 units and I am  the only owner/resident.The other 2 apartments are owned by 1) SMSF 2) Owner lives in country town 400km’s from building. As I am the only person able to meet and supervise tradespeople, get repairs actioned, make telephone calls, print and put notices on notice board, liase trades work with tenants etc etc I am performing hours and hours of work because I am only owner on site and someone has to do it. However I feel a bit taken advantage of  and that I am managing one owners SMSF ( at least this component of it) and the other owner seems very happy that I am in this situation.As an example I recently I spent 9 months getting Sydney Water to fix a water leak in one of the absentee  owner’s garage,involving 10 – 20 phone calls , 5 onsite meetings with technicians, one with a water tester etc etc etc.

    My question is can or should I be paid for my time, phone calls, printer costs etc to make things fairer ? I am thinking something reasonable like $20 per hour ?

    We have a strata manager however all the work mentioned above can only be done by someone onsite and that’s me.

    Many thanks in advance for any ideas.