Things have taken a turn for the worst for my troubled friend. She wrote a letter to the treasurer with her cheque attached for the levies according to her unit entitlements and he defaced both the letter and the cheque and wrote on this letter to pay the levies that was agreed at the AGM (which was based on equal amounts for all the 12 lots instead of levies according to unit entitlements). He will not accept the “correct” levy and reminded her that failure to pay her levy by the due date will result in interest being charged for late payment. There is no other way she can pay the levies as she does not know the account number that the strata has so she cannot bank it direct to the bank account. I suggest she starts Mediation. I assume this process takes a while to settle and in the meantime she could be in arrears for some time. Any suggestions on how to tackle this dilemma? By the way he intimated that he will hold a meeting “in the near future” to address the problem of unit entitlements. Would she be better off to pay the higher amount and let the Treasure run rough shot over her. Her main problem is that English is her second language and that she is a woman inexperienced in these matters and I dare say frightened by this whole experienced.
It is clear that the complex should be handled by an experienced strata manager.