#12657
Jimmy-T
Keymaster

    There are two basic issues here.  The first is the desirability of maintaining the aethetics of the building and the second is the legal obligation imposed on all Owners Corporations to maintain and repair the building.

    The second one is easier to manage: get a report done on essential repairs and if the OC (that's all owners) refuse to do the work, drag them off to the CTTT and make them.

    The first issue – the look of the building – should be obvious  but requires a more subtle approach.  Enlisting the help of local estate agents for their opinion on what even a minor refurb would do to the value of all the properties in the building would present a fairly compelling argument.  Even a five or ten percent boost to property values is going to more than cover the cost of a paint job. Get a few examples of property prices in nearby buildings that look better.

    In my own building a real estate agent's horrified reaction to an ill-conceived, penny-pinching plan to reduce security pretty much killed off that idea.

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