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@Winston said:
In our case the SM agreement is on a 30 day termination status, however I expect the current SM will try and lock in a fixed term renewal since he has now been advised some Lot owners are not happy with the service.
I am advised an EGM will be held soon, which I understand will cover a By-Law changes related to damage to Solid Core door & Fire Door’s to be installed to Lots by owners / tenants, where it will be proposed the Owner be responsible for any damage.
A couple of points: Your EGM can only vote on matters that are on the agenda. You can discuss anything you want – and people will raise extraneous matters – but unless there is an item on the agenda, no one can vote on it. I say this just in case you were hoping to raise other issues at the EGM. If so, you need to put the item on the agenda
Regarding a by-law that owners are responsible for damage to doors. Does this mean that owners will be allowed to install their own front doors? If so, are the doors going to be properly fire rated? Who will check on this? And I wonder if responsibility for this will fall back on the owners corp if council does a fire safety check and discovers the doors are not fire-rated. – this seems unnecessary.
I have never heard of a strata manager on a 30-day notice contract. Are they properly qualified and are they members of Strata Community Australia? If neither, it would explain some of the bizarre behaviour you have outlined here.