Hi-viz commish kicking butt and naming names
To some, he’s a knight in shining armour, a hero in a hi-viz. To others, he’s the devil incarnate. But wherever anyone might stand on the subject of rampaging NSW…
Drive to entice insurers back to high-rise buildings
Buyers of off-the-plan high-rise apartments in NSW might soon be able to claim on insurance for any defects arising within the first 10 years in a massive game-changer for the…
Reply To: Who pays for the painting of the ceiling after repair
I have that “Who’s responsible” booklet too. I agree that it puts the responsibility for painting on the owner. Do you have before and after photos to show that the…
Reply To: QLD: committee powers to approve work
Yeah, it seems like the information you have been given is partly correct but doesn’t apply to lot property According to this Qld government fact sheet, owners are not restricted…
Reply To: QLD: committee powers to approve work
pukoh wrote: Is our strata agents just lying to us so they can collect the $900 for every extra general meeting we hold? Or is the QLD strata laws just…
Reply To: Damage from common property
I concur with JT. We had a similar problem in a building that I am chair. A lot owner had damaged flooring from pipe leak. She got the details of…
Reply To: Original owners holding on to votes in new strata
Attempt 3 Problem perception number one: Building one sold to a single owner as a Deposit Plan property. Building two (lagging in construction phase by two months) sold as Strata…
Reply To: Original owners holding on to votes in new strata
Hopefully, further clarification. Development consisted of two adjoining buildings, with adjoining underground carparks and shared garbage and fire alarm systems. Our building initially sold off the plan (not very successfully).…
Forum: Considerate owner has carpet conflict
They say no good turn goes unpunished and one Flatchatter certainly has a dilemma because she wants to do the right thing. On the one hand, in between tenancies she…
Reply To: Leaking shower recess
Hello Kaindub Frankly the comments to date in the shower leak thread , do not answer my question. My understanding is that water proofing attached to a common property wall…
Reply To: Common property vs individual lot insurance
There are special arrangements for two-lot schemes but I think not for three or more. There’s an interesting Q&A about that here on our friends’ LookUpStrata website.
Reply To: Pictures in the hall.
Section 110 of the strata Act says this: (1) The owner of a lot in a strata scheme may carry out work for the purposes of minor renovations to common…