Re: Remedial Contract- Strata Committee

Hi Again

Well an EGM is scheduled for 16 August. In the meantime a couple of owners have sought another quote. This is a  large national company who has carried out remedial work on several well known Strata Companies. The report based on the same ‘scope of works’ clearly states none of the work is structural and could be done in stages. Cost is $67,000 inc GST ie a fixed cost. This compares to $178,000 from the company the OC has accepted.

I ‘required’ a rescission motion  be included on the Agenda and another motion to accept the quote for the less costly option. The Strata Manager has placed these motions last. Motion 2 is for our strata to Register for GST and Motion 3 is to raise a Special Levy of $178,000. Of course once this is passed there is no point in even considering the alternate quote as it will become irrelevant.

I will request the last motion be considered before Motion 2 re GST as the cost  of $68,000 + Levies of $65,000 for 12 Residents is less than the $150,000 required to register for GST. This would also avoid GST on all Levies Even though we would be able to claim the GST on the cheaper works we still need to discuss the option and this cannot occur if we don’t even consider my motion.

The Strata Manager has manipulated the Agenda so our motion will become redundant. Another resident has given his proxy to another large remedial expert who will attend the meeting however he may not even get the opportunity to support our motion. We will  seek mediation if all fails.

The Special Levy has to be paid along with the ordinary Levy this quarter.

This is very stressful…