#13035
Billen Ben
Flatchatter

    I do not want to send you into shock but the Act requires the OC (the owners corporation) to maintain the common property.

    My current understanding is that if someone “trashes” the common property and the offender will not do the right thing in the first place (i.e. take responsibility and fix things or pay for the cost to fix things) then it is upto the OC to repair / maintain the common property and then to seek reinbursement from the offender.

    This can lead to costly legal battles that are often worth more than the repair or maintenance itself. Sometimes OCs just have to wear the cost of other peoples actions because the lack of decency of some people.

    I understand this is one area of legislative reform that is in the mill. There are proposed changes to make the offender liable from the outset as the current situation, if i am correct in my understanding, can easily disadvantage an OC.

    All i can suggest, if you want an immediate clean up, is that the OC pay to clean up the mess and send her the bill and hope she is decent enough to reimburse the OC.Laugh