Re: my place or yours – workmen on common property

Thanks Whale for you input.  I thought as much.  I feel justified in my concern even if no one else is worried about it.  This situation is made even more concerning in the fact that the owner in question is not even on site whilst these tradies are carrying out this work.  So no one is supervising to ensure that common property is not only not used but not damaged.  And all the while the owners of this complex just walk by.

This owner is a habitual abuser of common property and by law.  He has damaged and cut off plumbing on common property that services both his own and other units.  He has damaged common property himself by taking to it with power tools and angle grinders.  He has changed common property without permission and to the detriment of the structural integrity of the complex.  He has dumped building materials on common property and left it for weeks.  And has done again in this instance by telling his workmen to just leave their equipment on common property.  He is using his handyman/tradie mates.  He has used these people before.  He has asked them to sign official documents that state that the work they are carrying out complies with BCA and Aust Standards.  They didn’t.  He has dumped building materials in our common garbage bins, including concrete in the past.  Probably will again.  And he parks his truck on common property destroying that as well.

There is building dust/waste around the common area outside his unit.  Will probably discolour the area. We will probably have to pay to have this area redone as he will probably complain about it.  He has an ample courtyard area in which to work in, as well as an ample garage.  But he wouldn’t want to damage his own property would he?

Oh…..and he is on the EC.  And our SM will not reply to my emails.  He has indicated that if I continue to contact him he will charge for his reply. 

At least I can tell the others, should it all go awry, that I tried to tell them and that I was right to be concerned.