Hi,
Strata laws are deliberately vague and expect community to take
care of their own problems. In reality, it often does not work.
I have caught my managing agent and the ageing executive committee who wanted to push for telco’s mobile antennae installation on the building roof for about $80 per owner per year!? They did not even tell owners that any profit from common property has to be declared through individual tax. And they organized the design of the upgrade of the power supply to the complex before the voting happened (see document below).
They made every effort to deny wrongdoing. They refused to attend DFT mediation and the first CTTT case was cancelled by me only to be reinitiated (now pending) after I discovered other horrors.
One of the original CTTT complaints was that I provided too much information! They did not even read the statements.
If you want some details, you are welcome: [There was a link to a document here. I have reviewed this material and it contains some pretty serious allegations and enough details that, if pulled together, could lead to identification of the strata plan. I can't risk a defamation case so I have removed the link. If anyone wants to read the nine-page document, I'll pass your email address on to this correspondent -JT]
My complex has special by-law which allows the EC to spend 10% of
the sinking fund WITHOUT any approvals. I tried to overturn the
by-law and they refused to provide owners with the reasons for my
motion:
[Ditto]
They , without discussion and approval, introduced rebates for
gas and water for townhouse owners for many years (three members of
the committee live in townhouses).
What I have discovered equals to crime activities, and yet, I have
lot of slowdowns to bring justice.
So, I agree with the original statements displayed here.
Most of my friends said: give up but that is too easy. I am doing the opposite.