#14064
Billen Ben
Flatchatter

    clive2000 said:

    You need to get real and stop being so technical. Fred is doing your OC a favour. It would cost a lot more than $600 to have a professional strata manager. If your block is run harmoniously, why put it in jeopardy by being so mean? Ultimately, if Fred gets his act together and convenes the proper meeting and demands a poll, he and the other unit with 300 will prevail, and in the meantime, you would have created disharmony and wasted time and money.

    Hi Clive,
    If Fred doesn't know better than to bring up a motion about getting paid at an EC meeting then what other things is he doing that are not correct and i would add to that if the other 3 EC members are prepared to run the SP for nothing then Fred is a big expensive.

    Six hundred dollars is a lot in a four unit block. That is $150 per unit increase in levy.

    It's a four unit block. One person who knows a bit of strata, can do high school level math and can read should be able to run it without giving up their day job. 

    If you shop around you might find someone, an agency, prepared to do Freds work for less than $600. Agents get nice insurance kick backs and it is trivial to manage a 4 unit strata. Do not be surprised if you do find someone.

    I would like to drop a few names but will just say look at agencies that rely on technology as they can often provide good services at a good price. One of my favorite agents leads the industry in electronic management practices and can therefore offer much better prices per unit to manage SP's.

    “The legislation has always envisaged that generally, strata schemes would be managed by ordinary lot owners for their own benefit….”
    J Bordon: Nulama Village P/L v Owners Strata Plan 61788 (Strata & Community Schemes) [2006] NSWCTTT 550 (25 September 2006)

    The whole idea was that small blocks of units could look after themselves for no real cost to owners. Just because an agent would cost more than volunteers should not make payment motions for volunteers a given.

    It was Fred who put up the motion, the motion was out of order – I'd pay for that sort of management – NOT!; I am being a little hard.

    I appreciate what Fred is doing for his SP but if he wants money to continue and people are voting no then these people must be prepared to step up if Fred walks.

    I am assuming the others will rise to the challenge.

    Why pay an agent when you can  pay Fred a lot less?? If that is really the case.

    Why pay Fred when the others will do it for free??