#25856
scotlandx
Strataguru

    proudsceptic – the common property is not owned by the lot owners as tenants in common – if it were the owners could each deal with it as they pleased, which would have interesting results.

    The common property is owned by the strata scheme.  Any interest that the owners have (or each of the owners) is analogous to a trust, with the owners corporation having certain duties to the owners, including acting in the interests of the owners as a whole as regards the common property.  

    There seems to have been a focus on children playing on the lawn in this discussion – I am not rabidly anti-children, however if the owners corporation allows activities on the common property they need to assess the risks associated with those activities.

    Of more concern to me is the combination of children playing, parties, alcohol consumption and tradesmen operating on the common property with what appears to be no oversight.  That is a dangerous mix.