Perhaps you can put the wind up people to get essential maintenance done by showing them what exposure to liability the entire OC might have if they don’t get it done. A one-pager ‘training note’ from Teys Lawyers could be helpful for this. They will send it to you on request, free. “Managing the risk of failing to repair and maintain common property” seems particularly relevant to your situation and it would be worth asking for others in the series. These sheets put the case clearly, briefly and bluntly citing a court case in which a unit owner was awarded damages of $150,000 because the OC failed to repair common property that resulted in damage to the unit and the OC faced a further $250,000 penalty if the OC did not get the repairs done within 3 months. Too bad if a unit owner did not have the cash to meet their share of the payment, they would have to sell or get a loan.
Print out a copy for everyone!
Peter C.