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@Austman said:
But s.49 doesn’t need any notice. That’s recovering the costs that the OC spent. The owner might still need to be given notice make their own repairs at thier cost, which seems the case here. S.49 states that the OC can recover the costs for repairs, maintenance or other works that it undertook for the benefit of lot owners.
Yes, but seems equally arguable in this case that the owner who benefitted from the alleged repair was the other lot owner who complained that water was penetrating into his/her lot.
I know the above is Victorian OC law but in general, if someone damages your property, do you need their permission before you arrange to repair it? You might not even know who damaged it until aftef calling in the repair man.
Generally yes. It is preferable that the owner of the property arranges repairs to their own property on terms suitable to themselves. See Swan’s case that I cited before.