@mini said:
@Bernie48 said:
They bought about 2 years ago. They wanted to change the gate entry locks that had been in place for the last 10 years. At an EGM, the OC voted 2:1 (76:24 on unit entitlement) not to change it. I am concerned that they will get their compulsorily appointed manager to do their bidding and change the gate locks. Does the compulsorily appointed strata manager have to act in the best interests of the OC are can they do the bidding of the disgruntled minority unit holder?I don’t get it. Is there any particular reason why changing the said lock would be detrimental to you or other owners?
And yes, the compulsorily appointed strata manager is supposed to, in theory, act in the interests of all lot owners. Usually they are appointed to dissolve cliques within a strata scheme (or that is one of the reasons for appointment).
I am not so sure. We have been appointed a strata manager by the tribunal and the order says they ‘may or may not take into account the wishes of the owners’. This is a similar situation to Bernie. 4 owners with one constantly disagreeing with everything. The disagreeable owner took us to the tribunal (with acting Solicitor) and we were appointed a manager because we couldn’t agree. 
I might add that we paid for our own Solicitor and it would appear that no-one looked at his submission! The appointed strata manager is friends with the disagreeable owner’s solicitor and is charging an absolute fortune to manage us! eg. $27.20 to send a letter regarding change of address. Total fees for 6 months is over $7,000.
Does anyone know if we have any comeback with these people?