@Flame Tree said:
You need more professional advice than just in here.
You mean in your post or in this website? Thanks for the vote of confidence.
But seriously, the strata manager needs some counselling on what they should and shouldn’t be doing with strata scheme funds. And one of the things they shouldn’t be doing is repairing private property, regardless of where it is situated.
Installations that are left on common property without permission become the responsibility of the OC when the owner who put it there sells and moves away.
But the smart thing for the OC to do is to tell the new owner to either take it back, have it removed, or come to an arrangement with the OC (via by-laws) to take over its care and maintenance permanently as well as compensating the strata scheme for the use of common property.
The strata manager clearly doesn’t understand how strata works … which is a bit of a problem, you’d think.