#12614
struggler
Flatchatter

    In our villa complex, owners who have had termite treatment have paid for it themselves.  We have compulsory yearly termite inspections which owners have to arrange and pay for themselves.  We did this as we have found that for the EC to organise this was a nightmare.  One resident can't do this day, one can only do that one, and some “forget” to be home on the day. 

    By telling our owners they are liable for any termite damage, they all keep on top of the inspections.  I can only speak for our complex, but we have found that if it believed that it is the OC that has to pay, people seem less likely to maintain their properties because “it doesn't cost them anything to get things fixed”.

    If your OC wants to cover repairs such as this, they may need to review levies and increase to ensure that they don't drain the bank account should a few want to claim and to avoid/lessen special levies to cover this.  The OC can get someone in to do a budget to see if the levies are suffient to cover everything.

    The owners here have made it clear that they do not want increased levies and want to avoid special levies.  However, it is difficult to cover absolutely everything on low levies.  Perhaps your complex needs to decide whether owners want to pay increased levies all the time, or pay a one off amount to fix something when should it occur.