#20597
Austman
Flatchatter

    Sorry –  I’m not meaning to be high horsed, but this was an important safety issue too and not just an abandoned goods issue.  Safety always comes first in my book.

    On the abandoned goods issue – I think if the goods are abandoned on common property an OC can dispose of them.   It’s different if the goods are on lot property (eg in a car space).

    We give some weeks notice that we will be removing  the goods.  We try to contact the owner (who is often unknown) and send a notice to all residents. We also place a notice in lobbies.  We don’t have anywhere to store things so they are disposed of by our cleaners.  Our cleaners tell me that they might hang on to ‘valuable’ items for a short while.

    But if things are left in a dangerous location or are blocking access we take more immediate action.  If we can, we’d move the item somewhere else in the meantime before eventually disposing of it as above.