Reply To: How to make my storage cage more secure
(Victoria) My bike was stolen from my secure basement car park many years ago. It was secured with a rack dynabolted, and a U lock to the rack. But the…
Reply To: How to make my storage cage more secure
I recall my son telling me that his expensive bike was stolen from his block of flats when the thief turned up with a battery powered angle grinder to access…
Reply To: is it time to take strata manager to court?
I notified the strata manager and sent EGM minutes showing results of voting that office bearers have been elected and that I am completing our strata hub registration. Our strata…
Reply To: Strata Managers won’t reveal details of insurance
TrulEConcerned wrote: you could first ask the strata committee and then the agent … which insurer was chosen and why. “Because they offered the best cover for the premiums demanded,”…
Reply To: Strata Managers won’t reveal details of insurance
1. You could look at the annual accounts – submitted to owners with the agenda for the AGM – and keep an eagle eye out for an insurance line item.…
Reply To: Insurers will only pay for one side of a fence between two strata schemes
I would have done the same as you to get the work done promptly and assuming that reimbursement would be forthcoming one way or another. It seems to me that…
Forum: Insurers will only pay for half of fence
Another week, another weird question – at least, it’s a question about weird behaviour by strata owners. Here’s the scenario. A car goes out of control and smashes the fence…
Reply To: Insurers will only pay for one side of a fence between two strata schemes
kaindub wrote: There is a whole website about solving these disputes. You’re right, of course, which is why I suggested going to court as a first option. Re the website…
Insurers will only pay for one side of a fence between two strata schemes
Hi, Wondering if anyone has any suggestions about this situation below? I am out of ideas and options. I am a Secretary of a small, 3-unit NSW self-managed strata, and…
Reply To: ‘Unfixable’ leak in common property wall
To be fair, I think the distinction is that not maintaining common property to the extent that it undermines the structural integrity of common property would put a question mark…
Reply To: ‘Unfixable’ leak in common property wall
The insurance policy for my building specifies in the fine print that if issues are the result of things not having been maintained, eg. An ongoing unfixed shower membrane leak…
Reply To: ‘Unfixable’ leak in common property wall
newb wrote: I’m pretty sure that not maintaining the building can also invalidate insurance. I’m not.