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Some members have a location included in their profile.
I have tried to find where this can be added to my profile, but without success.
If a location was a mandatory part of each member’s profile, miss-directed rants like the one from Admin above may be avoided.
I did find, in the “About us” section that this forum “is about strata living in Australia.” Not just NSW but Australia.
I did contact our legal sponsors, but their response was that they do not deal with matters in Queensland.
I then sought legal advice in Queensland and now understand the following:
Floor Tiles
I own the floor tiles in my unit, and I am responsible to maintain, repair and replace the floor tiles if required. Floor tiles are part of the Unit, similar to paint, carpet or other floor coverings.
The Body Corporate owns and is responsible for the concrete slab and any waterproof membrane that provides protection for lots or common property.
See Sections 159 and 170 of the Body Corporate and Community Management Standard Module Regulation 2008.
I did discuss the broken tiles with members of our Body Corporate Committee, and also contacted our Body Corporate Manager.
Responses were:
- Tiles are my own and my responsibility to replace
- Suggest I advise other owners and occupiers nearby to warn them of possible noisy and dusty work, which I did and had no complaints
- No special By Law required to lay new tiles
- No special glue or sound proofing required under the tiles
- Only cracks 3mm or wider need to be inspected by an engineer
By-Laws
I acknowledge that I broke By Law # 1 Noise when attempting to remove tiles, however I do not know what other By Laws I have broken as suggested by admin above.
New tiles are now in place and final grout is being applied today.
Regards,
Ken