Definitely need a strata description ie small, medium and large as well as identifying the different types of strata. It is no good getting advise when it is automatically assumed you live in high rise. And diffennt problems come up with villas, townhouses as opposed to high rise or low rise apartments for that matter.
Anyone moving into strata does need to be advised and acknowledge what you can do and what you can’t. Hwever, for this to have any weight the by laws should be enforceable and should be enforced.
Also when it comes to EC’s and the need for training, I disagree that this should be dependent on size. We may be classed as small here, 19, but we are talking about 10-12 million dollars worth of property which in my case is rotting and not maintained. EC’s need to be held accountable for not attending to matters in the complex. And as far as non resident owners being office beards, well the people who care the most in my complex about their units are the ones who don’t live in them. More importantly I feel tht anyone on the EC in any capacity must not have breached a by law themselves in the year previous. Our committee only has breaches, what chance is there that they will take action when they are too busy breaking by laws themselves.
And when it comes to the old parking issues, I fear that should clamping or towing be passed it would be one of those “if the owners vote for it”. In smalle complexes like mine, it wouldn’t be passed as even those who tow the line would be tempted to park if their car was still there the next day.
I was part of the submission for the strata law changes. I put in my two cents worth. But was disappointed to EC only 1600 responded. That’s not much more than the members of flat chat. When the majority of people I know in strata whine about it, it is a shame they don’t put pen to paper, or finger to keyboard, to get some real change.