Great points relevant to me in last two items by PeterC and excathedra.
Our finances were ‘very healthy’ according to our Strata Manager. So the EC engineered a reduction of levies but at the same time, they have allowed the place to degrade substantially over two years. Less than the bare minimum is done here. Even the EC’s new cleaners and gardeners soon discovered the lack of supervision means they don’t have to do much at all for their fees which are blindly handed over by the strata manager.