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PK – hear, hear!! I only said that identifying the “customer” was irrelevant because I thought (wrongly) that like some others, you may have been raising a perceived complexity in order to make the operational management of a strata scheme more complex than it already is; apologies!
I'm not a Strata Manager, but as Secretary, Treasurer, and all-round “dogs' body” of a self-managed Plan I've so far learn't as much as I need to know about Strata Management, and particularly how not to make my life harder than the Legislation, Property Managers, and (some) Proprietors try to make it. Which was your point also.
So…back to your somewhat atypical circumstance with the meter room at your Plan, I'd make the observation that as the meter boards that supply each individual Lot are permanency fixed to the Common Property (CP) wall within that room, each would be classified as a “Lot Owner's Fixture”.
Other such fixtures include toilet pans, baths, basins, built-in wardrobes/cupboards, wall ovens, and cook-tops – where each is permanently affixed to the CP such that that CP would be damaged if the fixture was removed, and where the Lot Owner is responsible for its maintenance and repair.
And…here's one of those complications. If a Lot Owner's Fixture is damaged by a defined event on the Owners Corporation's Insurance Policy, then it is usually covered under that Policy.
I told you that Strata Management can be overly complex, but isn't bouncing ideas and opinions around this Forum great !!!!!