@justsaying said:
it seems to me that unless you are prepared to accept unlawful decisions by an executive, or have pots of money to fight injustice, strata living is not for you.
Not true! There are plenty of avenues through which to challenge “unlawful” decisions (if they truly are illegal). They range from orders at the Tribunal to the statutory appointment of a strata manager to take over the running of a seriously dysfunctional owners corporation.
However, it may be that some legal firms are doing you a favour by not taking on cases they know you can’t win and will only cost you money.
I reckon 95 percent of strata schemes in NSW are non-compliant, if only in some small way, but they get by and nobody is seriously disadvantaged. If they are, a determined and well-planned campaign will bring the EC to book without a lawyer even needing to be consulted.
That said, many owners will put up with autocratic and even self-serving ECs if the value of their property isn’t being harmed, they aren’t being hassled and their levies are kept in check.
And remember the five words that ambulance-chasing lawyers love to hear: “It’s a matter of principle.”
If you can’t persuade the majority of owners in your scheme that there is a problem – which is the easiest way to get it resolved – then you have to ask yourself if the problem is as bad as you think.